Copyright Law

BSA Produces Bizarre ?To Catch a Pirate? Video

By soulxtc

Anti-P2P organization tries to use humor to do what scare tactics have so far failed to do.

The Business Software Alliance (BSA), the anti-file-sharing organization that represents a number of the world’s largest software developers and whose main purpose is to fight copyright infringement, has produced a new anti-P2P that tries to use humor to do what dodgy scare tactics have so far failed to do.

?It uses comedy to convey what is a serious message,? Peter Beruk, the BSA?s chief anti-piracy marketer told Wired. ?It?s experimental.?

Considering some of the foolish campaigns coming from other groups like the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) for example, with it’s outlandish “Don’t Copy that Floppy” high jinks, “To Catch a Pirate BIZARRE!!” is pretty well conceived.

It’s also a step up from it’s recent “Faces of Internet Piracy” video where one poor guy had his TVs, computers, boat, and even (gasp) Hummer confiscated by authorities for copyright infringement.

Stay tuned.

jared@zeropaid.com

Full post as published by ZeroPaid on August 21, 2009 (boomark / email).