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Business Software Alliance wants in on three-strikes action
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| The Business Software Alliance calls graduated response its preferred plan
| for dealing with online software piracy, but it wants Internet disconnections
| to be overseen by a judge and feature due process and a chance to appeal.
| Well, sort of.
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http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/08/business-software-alliance-wants-in-on-three-strikes-action.ars
Being Unique Is Not The Same As Exclusive (Or Scarce)
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| Taylor Davidson alerts us to an odd blog post with suggestions on how
| photographers need to adapt to the changing market place. As Davidson
| properly notes, there's some good points mixed in there with some really odd
| conclusions. The writer does a decent job explaining how the market has
| shifted -- with the ease of digital production and distribution, the old
| exclusivities have gone away. But, from there, gets confused about what to do
| with it, focusing on trying to build up artificial scarcities or suggesting
| that photographers try to ignore basic economics. That's not going to work.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20090824/1035185976.shtml
Recent:
Open Source: One Sure Way To Keep Piracy At Bay
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| The BSA won't tell you that the best way to avoid software piracy is to use
| software that cannot, by definition, be pirated. Then again, the BSA also
| won't tell you that a disgruntled ex-employee decided to make your life
| miserable by giving them a call.
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http://www.bmighty.com/blog/main/archives/2009/08/the_software_co.html
Don't Copy That Floppy sequel promises prison beatings for copying
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| The BSA are, of course, big proponents of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade
| Agreement, which would require signatories to send noncommercial copiers to
| prison, so I suppose that there's something to this threat.
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http://www.boingboing.net/2009/07/06/dont-copy-that-flopp-1.html
Is The BSA Purposely Promoting Open Source Alternatives?
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| So, what is the BSA doing? Yes, that's right, it's pumping up its software
| audit program, sending 1,000 audit letters to companies in London, officially
| demanding they detail their software usage -- while unofficially acting as a
| tremendous advertisement for open source software, where providers don't
| treat their customers as if they were criminals.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20090602/2302305104.shtml
How many billions is open-source software worth?
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| In other words, using OSS isn't about being anti-Microsoft or believing in
| some sort of open-source ethical rightfulness, using OSS is simply a smart
| business move. Indeed, at $387-billion in value, OSS is twice as valuable as
| Microsoft's current net worth of $183.5-billion. Not bad for 'free software'
| is it?
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http://blogs.computerworld.com/how_many_billions_is_open_source_software_worth
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