Damageses for use illegal software doubled
In 2006 amounted to the average damages for businesses where illegal software were found 36,000 Euros, exclusive made legal expenses and the expenses for the legalizing of the illegal software.,.
when organizations illegal software use, make she infringement on copyrights. In that case takes the Business Software Alliance (BSA) on behalf of its members legal measure, according to the BSA. also for software that is installed through co-workers is the management responsible.
Examine on the order of the BSA ups and downs out that in 2005 average 30 per cent of the concise software that in the Netherlands became uses illegal alien was. According to the BSA, the Dutch software-industry suffered because of this a volume of trade loss of approximately 477 million Euros.
The BSA is the collaboration of software suppliers and hardware partners against illegal software.