BSA's Crackdown of Illegal Software [Renamed]

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and other unlicensed softwares... FYI lang...

PNP, NBI joins anti-piracy campaign, warn of more raids
By Erwin Lemuel Oliva
INQ7.net

THE PHILIPPINE National Police (PNP) and the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) agreed on Wednesday to help the Optical Media Board in its effort stamp out software piracy in the country.

The new anti-piracy campaign, dubbed Pilipinas Anti-Piracy Team, has set a 30-day deadline, starting August 16, for companies to stop using unlicensed software. PNP, NBI, and OMB officials said they were already eyeing several local companies but did not elaborate.

OMB Chairman Edu Manzano said that about 16 billion pesos in taxes are lost to piracy in the Philippines. This estimate covers the software and entertainment industry in the country.

Manzano disclosed that the OMB has closed down another major, illegal optical media replication facility in Balintawak last week, which has been operating for the past three years and producing 40,000 discs a day.
Meanwhile, Jeffrey Hardee, BSA vice president and regional director for Asia, stressed that software piracy is now more rampant online.

About 80 percent of IP violations happen through file-sharing networks, he added, noting that optical media piracy only accounts for a small portion of piracy problem worldwide.Hardee said that the industry organization is now quick to flag Internet service providers found hosting illegal software through file-sharing networks.There are now eight pending cases filed against local firms, according to Hardee.

BSA has been advertising a one-million-peso reward to anyone who can give on local companies violating the intellectual property rights of software firms. BSA has also given as much as 200,000 pesos to a tipster. "We've had several convictions already," Hardee added.

Companies have less than 30 days to stop using illegal software, he warned.
A 2004 study by the International Data Corp. for BSA put the software piracy rate in the Philippines at 71 percent, which amounts to 3.7 billion pesos lost to piracy.

sabi nung friend ko from NBI na starting Sept. 15 ay umpisa na daw na manghuhuli sila ng persons/establishment/offices using illegal software... Balita lang na yung ibang internet/computer cafes ay magsasara sa Sept 15..

i am using 2 PC sa office at 1 sa bahay.. dapat daw kasi ay may seal ng orig windows na nakadikit sa PC mo para malaman na Licensed yung gamit mo. Saan ba pwede makabili ng murang Licensed Windows XP Pro Software.. at magkano?? pwede ba 1 orig software lang for 3 PCs...