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Poll: Would you turn your boss in for software piracy?

December 3, 2009, 8:02 AM PST

Takeaway: The Business Software Alliance (BSA) is offering the increased payouts to London residents as part of its annual “Nail Your Boss” program. Would you turn in your boss?

London residents eager to turn in their bosses for software piracy can earn £20,000 ($32,000 and double the normal amount) until the end of the year. The Business Software Alliance (BSA) is offering the increased payouts as part of its annual “Nail Your Boss” program.

Would you turn your boss or employer in for software piracy?

More information on the BSA latest efforts:

Business Software Alliance asks Britons to become paid informants (Boing Boing)
Narc on Your Boss, Get Cool Cash (Wired)
BSA doubles reward for snitches (AfterDawn)

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everybodyiswrong 20th Mar 2011

I believe in supporting software companies and inventors such as Thomas Knoll in their endeavors.. They are some of the most diverse group of imaginary thinkers we have today.. the only thing more important than intelligence is creativity. THEY DESERVE TO BE SUPPORTED AND NOT TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF. Look at what they have brought to us and helped make our lives more enjoyable and interesting.

If it was not for Thomas Knoll and his team of developers creating Photoshop.. the world would be a much different place.. (Yes you could say some one else would have come up with it.. YES but not for many many years and we'd be way behind where we stand today!)

I worked for a woman who BARELY COULD PAY HER BUSINESS EXPENSES BUT SHE PAID FOR PHOTOSHOP. She went out of business.

I worked for a company who made millions of dollars in less than a month, over and over.. Who was aware of the software piracy and treated everyone like @#$@ because they *thought* they had all ends covered professionally.

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jck 30th Dec 2009

Of course, no boss should ever allow pirated software.

I'd turn my boss in right now if it paid. I could quit my job and live off the proceeds for months.

Current boss doesn't allow pirated software whatsoever in his department, though. He's actually a pretty straight arrow.

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MadCityJ 30th Dec 2009

Since the worker's hand produces the profits the manager feeds upon, it's bad form on the part of the manager to both pirate the software the worker uses and kick the behind of the worker. Those types of managers need a monetary slap upside-the-head, to show to them they are NOT the center of the universe, and the workplace isn't 19th century Victorian England.

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