Microsoft understands that the purchasing power parity is very low in these non-developed nations that are prone to high rates of software piracy. Most countries where that phenomenon is well-spread are third world countries. Most people there make less than 100 dollars a month. Report software piracy at a company. By reporting software piracy to SIIA you could earn up to $1,000,000. Corporate end-user piracy occurs when software is installed on an organization's computers without the proper licenses from the software publisher. If you have any questions or want to report software piracy by phone call 1-800-388-7478.
I was not sure where to post this, but it is Microsoft OS and software related.
I'm working for this company since march, and i always supected they were using pirated software, evesince i noticed that outlook express is registered under my name in the computer that i'm using.
So, today we got this e-mail from IT:
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- The dangers of using pirated software are evident on the economy. $82 billion worth of software programs sell legitimately worldwide, while $63 billion worth of computer programs are pirated. Copying other people’s work has almost become an acceptable thing, albeit the presence of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) should emphasize the consequence of this problem.
- The Dangerous World of Counterfeit and Pirated Software How Pirated Softw are Can Compromise the Cybersecurity of Consumers, Enterprises, and Nations. And the Resultant Costs in T ime and M one y Sponsored by: Microsoft John F. Gantz Thomas Vavra Joe Howard Rich Rodolfo Richard Lee Attaphon Satidkanitkul Harish N. Taori Ravikant Sharma.
Please DO NOT download any service packs, patches, drivers, softwares from Microsoft website.
Check with IT Help Desk before downloading.
Regards
IT Department.
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.. And yes 'Do Not' in caps and red color'¦ I believe since yesterday updates in MS site are for legit copies only.There are around 100 staff and computers in this company.
This company might close down if I were to inform the police, since all the other companies doing business with us will run like hell from us. One of our recent clients is a Federal Ministry. And we have had clients like Cisco in the past.
I'm really conflicted, and I hate this job and this company as well, but I'm desperate for a job and can't go without an income.