Online pirates take over auction sites
Published October 5th, 2007
John Wolfe Director of Internet Enforcement with th Business Software Alliance says online auction sites have sold £4 million ($8 million) worth pirated software in just six months.
The BSA has managed to prevent 36,000 illegal products from getting sold in the same period, but it does look like it is fighting a losing battle here. Until consumers either learn that expensive ‘new’ software going for a song really is too good to be true, or perhaps more appropriately learn that it is ethically and legally wrong to purchase it, the problem will continue. Especially as this is most definitely not an auction only circumstance. WaReZ websites and P2P networks carry an average of 200,000 pieces of pirated software at any time according to the BSA.
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