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BSA Distributed Over $136,000 in Rewards for Software Piracy Tips

By soulxtc

Also claims many refused cash altogether and simply wanted to "do the right thing." The Business Software Alliance (BSA), a nonprofit trade association "created to advance the goals of the software industry and its hardware partners," and which is "dedicated to promoting a safe and legal digital world, paid a total of $136,100 in rewards to 42 individuals for verifiable tips about software piracy. The global software industry group reported the full-year payout numbers for its “Know it, Report it, Reward it” program, under which individuals who provide qualified reports of software piracy – that is, the use of illegally copied software – are eligible to receive up to $1 million in cash rewards. Interestingly, the BSA claims that despite the opportunity to receive the cash rewards, many of BSA’s informants opted out of the reward program. In an informal survey conducted by the BSA, many cited their motivation as simply to “do the right thing.

Full post as published by ZeroPaid on January 19, 2009 (boomark / email).