Illegal Software

godtabh

Is it true that if your company uses ilegal software that the company director can face heavy fines?

We do company audits every year but not it seems that the boss wants an independent audit.

We are all legit but what happens if some one makes a phone call to say mircosoft that there is dodgy copes of windows on pcs? Do they get a reward or something?

Gryzor

theres a few grand of a reward in it for the squealer, upon a successful conviction as far as i know....

The MD or whoever the top dog is takes the bullet if illegal software is found.....but he'd be taking a few with him on the way down methinks..:D

godtabh

Gryzor wrote:

theres a few grand of a reward in it for the squealer, upon a successful conviction as far as i know....

The MD or whoever the top dog is takes the bullet if illegal software is found.....but he'd be taking a few with him on the way down methinks..:D

The MD is worried that some one might install some stuff leave the company then rat the company out

Gryzor

how big is the company, are the PC's locked down???.....one pissed off employee shouldn't be able to install enough alot of unlicensed software and go unnoticed...unless of course its an admin...

Capt'n Midnight

http://www.bsa.org/ireland/ Red Button to report piracy is on the right

http://www.bsa.org/ireland/popup/reward.cfm - but the rest of the site seems to finish with the reward in 2005

Opensource Rox

Khannie

In fairness, if the company is seen to be trying its best, nobody's really going to try and screw them in court, the software company will just look for licence fees. Makes everybody look bad when people are doing their best and a big company comes down on them.

WillieDH

Microsoft never do anything !!!

Voice from the trade.

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