BSA's Crackdown of Illegal Software [Renamed]

[Elroi]

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...

[BlueBimmer]

bring it on! :bwahaha:

[jedi]

1 OS / PC po sir... di pwede for multiple PCs ... for sure mga companies muna target nila and internet cafes... yung mga home users... baka sumunod na in the near future

[BlueBimmer]

nako mahirap ata manghuli sa private homes..kelangan ng search warrant dba?

[1D4LV]

nako mahirap ata manghuli sa private homes..kelangan ng search warrant dba?

pati naman sa mga private companies, kailangan muna ng search warrant eh.

[BlueBimmer]

so they cant just barge in on cafes left and right? IIRC i heard na bigla nalang papasok and confiscate the PCs if pirated windows..

[mazdamazda]

nako mahirap ata manghuli sa private homes..kelangan ng search warrant dba?

FYI - hindi nila kailangan ng search warrant!

Republic Act 9239, Chapter II, Section 10 d

Conduct inspections, by itself or in coordination with other competence agencies of the government, at anytime, with or without prior notice, of establishments or entities including those within the economic zones engaged in the activities as provided in Section 13(a), (b) and (c) of this Act, and employ reasonable force in the event that the responsible person or persons of such establishment or entity evades, obstructs, or refuses such inspection. For this purpose, the agents of the OMB shall be considered agents in authority;

[jedi]

yup mahihirapan sila sa mga home users... saka maisip sana nila na napakaraming pinoy na naging bihasa sa programming, web design , webdevelopment etc ng dahil sa pirata

[BlueBimmer]

there are ways na makakatipid for cafe owners, they can acquire the XP for multiple PCs, expensive but more value for money pag maraming units sa cafe. meron ata 5 licenses or 10 agad in 1 XP cd.

[pajerokid]

next week baon sa limot na yan.

[mikey177]

...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?...

Akala ko sir itatanong nyo kung saan makakabili ng murang sticker ng Windows

Anyway, I am all for supporting legitimate programmers and giving software companies just compensation for their products, but I also wish they'd take a realistic look at their product pricing vis-a-vis the operating expenses and buying power of typical Pinoy companies/home users.

Like yung MS Office 2003, nasa P13,000+ yung presyo nyan diba. E sino ba namang estudyante na gumagawa ng mga project sa home computer nya ang makakabili ng ganun kamahal na software?

[theveed]

Akala ko sir itatanong nyo kung saan makakabili ng murang sticker ng Windows

Anyway, I am all for supporting legitimate programmers and giving software companies just compensation for their products, but I also wish they'd take a realistic look at their product pricing vis-a-vis the operating expenses and buying power of typical Pinoy companies/home users.

Like yung MS Office 2003, nasa P13,000+ yung presyo nyan diba. E sino ba namang estudyante na gumagawa ng mga project sa home computer nya ang makakabili ng ganun kamahal na software?

Actually, iba ang pricing for educational packaging, when I was in the US, the copies sold in the college store is around 20-30% cheaper than the retail version.

In addition, you have to consider how much it costs to pay programmers (and facilities) to release such a product.

Star Office will always be available hehe. Purchasing old Office 95/2000 na orig are considerably cheaper as well.

[gearspeed]

buti na lang orig ang windows xp pro ko..8,500 pa naman ang cd ng xp meron nakalagay na 1-2pc ang pwede sa isang cd ng windows xp ah..

[ghosthunter]

buti na lang orig ang windows xp pro ko..8,500 pa naman ang cd ng xp meron nakalagay na 1-2pc ang pwede sa isang cd ng windows xp ah..

your windows xp might be legit... how about your other softwares like MS Office, etc?

[Aquaman123]

Why not try Linux? then install OpenOffice and FireFox. All for free!!!!!

[mantoy]

hmmm... talaga lang ha?

[bm5er]

Guys,

This campaign is for real, no more warning letters as in the past.
Let us know if you need help getting OEM copies for Windows XP and Office XP,
and network Windows 2003 advanced servers.
We are members of BSA too.

[oldblue]

Guys,

This campaign is for real, no more warning letters as in the past.
Let us know if you need help getting OEM copies for Windows XP and Office XP,
and network Windows 2003 advanced servers.
We are members of BSA too.

regarding MS ata, it's entirely a different procedure. it's MS Seattle that initiates the raid. I know some businessmen friends who got warning letters directly from MS USA. they told me never to ignore it daw and dont even think na since MS US yun wala sila jurisdiction dito.

yun daw nag-ignore ng letters, yun yung mga na-raid na companies. I think even M$ Phils are deliberately not informed, since marketing group lang naman nand2.

[nicolodeon]

Since the the formation of the BSA in the 90's, like-orgnizations, the NBI and the PNP have been promising to eradicate software piracy "within a year". A decade later, software piracy is still present. Go figure.

[nugundam93]

as long as mahal sila magbenta ng legit s/w, piracy will never be truly eradicated.

heck, magkano legit winXP? mahal pa rin. legit winVista? hahahahaha ouch my wallet.