• Australia wants you to dob in your Boss for 20,000$
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[IMG]http://images.smh.com.au/2010/09/13/1922794/1_1_BSA_Lead1-420x0.jpg[/IMG] [QUOTE]Australians are being offered $20,000 rewards for dobbing in their bosses for using pirated software. It is part of a new campaign to draw negligent and conniving businesses out of the shadows. The Business Software Alliance will this week begin advertising the rewards in Sydney's CBD, hoping to capture the loyalty of disgruntled employees, former staff members or competitors who believe firms are using software without proper, paid-up licences. The global organisation has 24 members including Adobe, Apple, Corel, Microsoft and Symantec. It requires proof that companies are using more than one pirated brand of software before it begins legal proceedings on behalf of its members. Single cases of piracy are referred to the software maker in question. Clayton Noble, co-chair, BSA. Photo: Supplied In the past, the alliance offered standing rewards of between $500 and $5000 for credible leads, beginning with a signed affidavit. Clayton Noble, co-chair of the BSA in Australia, said the temporary booty increase was an experiment to see if more pirates were caught. "Informants are usually disgruntled employees, former or current contractors, often people who have tried to get management to do the right thing," Noble, who is also a lawyer at Microsoft, said. Companies that can prove they were unaware their licences had expired are usually let off with a thankyou letter for bringing their affairs into order. Those found to have copied, used or distributed software without due payment are given an opportunity to settle with the BSA and to purchase licenses from the software vendor. Failure to do so may send the case to the courts, at the risk of much greater penalties, Noble said. All companies are required to install a software asset management program to keep track of their applications as part of a settlement. The BSA offers a list of free asset management tools here. The alliance settled 12 piracy cases in Australia last year worth more than $330,000 from a record 95 leads, up from 44 in 2008. Last week, it announced three more busts, including a $74,000 settlement with international student travel services company Information Planet. The BSA said the company, which has four offices in Sydney and Western Australia, and offers internet café services to its students, had infringed Microsoft and Adobe's copyright. Information Planet director Mauricio Pucci said the company was unaware of the breach and was happy to comply. "We relied on our IT manager and believed everything was fine. When we realised some things weren't right we did everything we could to comply with the rules. We're now fully compliant. We want to do the right thing all the time," Pucci said. Noble said the BSA's role involved education as well as enforcement. He said software that was not renewed denied companies genuine upgrades and security patches, while unauthorised copies are at risk of containing malware, including keystroke loggers and Trojans. "Some companies say they can't afford the real thing but they end up losing more in downtime and productivity." He said company directors were personally liable for software piracy. One firm, Vietmedia, settled for $10,000 despite having closed and reopened under a different name but with the same directors. The BSA keeps settlement fees to fund further cases and rewards. Noble said the alliance hoped to attract more leads as research it conducted in Australia last year indicated 30 per cent of workers would be willing to tell on their bosses. Australia has one of the lowest software piracy rates in the world, with 25 per cent of all deployed software in 2009 being unlicensed, down from 26 per cent the previous year, research firm IDC said. Cloud services and software subscription models might help lower piracy rates further in future, as they dilute the upfront cost of software purchases making them more affordable to smaller operators. Noble said it was unacceptable that some of last year's pirates were software development companies that should have known better. [url]http://www.smh.com.au/technology/enterprise/bounty-hunt-the-boss-reward-to-dob-in-software-pirates-20100913-157iq.html[/url][/QUOTE] Im gonna dob in my year 7 teacher! He downloaded music off the internet for the year 7 formal a few years back!
...dob in?
dob?
The fuck is dobbing?
[QUOTE=Xen Tricks;24800311]...dob in?[/QUOTE] Dob in is a old British slang word too 'report' or 'rat someone out'. "Charlie dobbed in someone the otherday for stealing those apples" It means to tell on someone.
[QUOTE=Xen Tricks;24800311]...dob in?[/QUOTE] If its not a word... Blame the SMH title.
[QUOTE]"Dob-in" meaning "tell on someone" and the associated "dob-artist" are very common in Australia.[/QUOTE] [IMG]http://www.facepunch.com/fp/rating/information.png[/IMG]
[QUOTE=Janus Vesta;24800330]The fuck is dobbing?[/QUOTE] When you urinate and you dob the end of your penis with toilet paper to remove urine instead of shaking.
[IMG]http://i53.tinypic.com/2vsjhuf.png[/IMG] I CAN GOOGLE UNLIKE SOME OF YOU (REFERRING TO Xen Tricks, Sickle and Janus Vesta)
[QUOTE=Vasili;24800335]Dob in is a old British slang word too 'report' or 'rat someone out'. "Charlie dobbed in someone the otherday for stealing those apples" It means to tell on someone.[/QUOTE] Oh, ok. I gathered that from the context but was still slightly confused. [QUOTE=toxicpiano;24800345]When you urinate and you dob the end of your penis with toilet paper to remove urine instead of shaking.[/QUOTE] That would be dabbing.
The only part im not liking about this is were it says Apple and Microsoft in the same sentence without some kind of Microsoft VS Apple fight.
[QUOTE=Best4bond;24800395]The only part im not liking about this is were it says Apple and Microsoft in the same sentence without some kind of Microsoft VS Apple fight.[/QUOTE] why why goddammit
Sounds kinda like what Hitler did to gather information on the jews from civilians. Needless to say, this is the single most stupid thing I've ever seen. [editline]12:07AM[/editline] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkvG7PSinp0&feature=player_embedded#![/media] Pfft, true story...
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