Ironicially, the case James speaks of is just about to close with similar penalties for the customer. In one case, the customer had to pay $52,000 in penaties in addition to shelling out another $25,000 for legit Mastercam software. Also, they run very successful Truce campaigns which prompt many pirates to comply.
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Their enforcement effort is very wide range, worldwide and puts a positive dent in piracy in a much larger scale than James may realize.īSA has a three tier program which goes from sending compliance letters to obtaining an audit of your company's software licenses. I do think that it is a mistake to use BSA as a scapegoat however. I am in charge of Mastercam's anti-piracy effort here at Corporate and it is a very large and frustrating problem we all face. I'd just love to talk about a case I know of that the BSA is "investigating" (a company that was caught in the past) but that would not be cool so I wont.ĬNC, BSA are you listening? People are pissed and we have a right to be!!!!! Me included!!!!! Perhaps I took it too personally but when it affects my ability to provide for my family you're darn right I got angry. Perhaps it's less traumatic, but nonetheless every bit as financially painful. It's no better than them coming into my house with guns and robbing my family. Those say "it doesn't hurt anybody", or "it's just software, it's no big deal", well, it hurt me and my family directly. Then I hear through the grapevine they have it, bought it for $50 or just got it. I'd go demo the product to a company, they'd request a quote and nothing. This issue played a part in me leaving the Mastercam Reseller I worked for. It's not even worth the effort to even report it IMHO. I've reported several companies ofer the last couple of years and NADA.