Rat out your employer and get $36,000
Posted in Tech by Dan at 11:10 am
This post was published 3 years 6 months 26 days ago and its content may not be valid anymore.Watch out UK companies, the anti-software piracy group the Business Software Alliance is offering a $36,000 reward to anyone who informs on employers who use illegal or unlicensed software.
The BSA already has an online hotline for people to report the use of illegal software within U.K. organizations, but it has now doubled the reward from 10,000 pounds ($18,000) to 20,000 pounds ($36,000) until the end of June this year.
420 investigations in the last year as a result of these hotline tip-offs, the majority of which came from people in IT.
Wow, for $36,000 I am shocked that there were only 420 people who stepped up to the plate.
I wish I lived in the U.K.
But only if I had a boss who used illegal software. Other than that…
Well I live in the UK not got a clue about the software though….
mmmm.grass on your boss… sounds fun
If this were in the US I’d be $36k richer….
This is very good new for me… I live in the UK, and know a company that uses illegal copies of software.
Muwhahaaaa, next time I talk to you all I could be £20,000 richer… or an owner of a better car.