Software Prices and Piracy in the Developing World: Correlation vs. Causation
Huffington Post (blog)

Software piracy rates are highest in the developing world, where per capita incomes are lowest. For some observers, this correlation is evidence of causation. Software costs too much for people in emerging economies to afford, the argument goes; … See More »

• Elmore firm settles in piracy case
• Fremont News Messenger

ELMORE — A local business has agreed to pay $15000 to a software industry advocacy group to settle allegations that the company was using unlicensed software on its computers. The Business Software Alliance announced the settlement Wednesday, … See More »

• Cabinet Office: no lobby influence on open standards

ZDNet UK

Technology publication ComputerWeekly said in January it had unearthed evidence that Microsoft and the Business Software Alliance (BSA) had successfully pressurised the UK government into withdrawing its January 2011 definition of open standards, … See More »

• Business Software Alliance Qatar’s Ministry of Justice to hold intellectual …

Jordan Directions

Software Alliance (BSA), the world’s foremost advocate for the software industry, has announced that it will be holding a media roundtable on intellectual property rights (IPR) in collaboration with Qatar’s Ministry of Justice. See More »

• Qatar steps up fight against pirated goods

Gulf Times

Abdulla Ahmad Qayed, Director of the IPC, said at a joint press conference with the Business Software Alliance (BSA), a global association that defends the intellectual property rights of software companies, that 37 individual cases of property rights … See More »

• Eugene Kaspersky on SOPA: ‘It’s Jurassic’

GMA News

Earlier, Kaspersky had his company pull out from the Business Software Alliance (BSA) for supposedly “blindly” supporting SOPA and ignoring other points of view about the rights of others outside the US. Kaspersky warned SOPA may bring the world back … See More »

• Kenya cracks down on illegal software

ITWeb

… pirated software has varied from fines of $9 500, to jail terms of up to five years. Microsoft research found that only 20% of Kenyans use genuine software, which is lower than the global average of 41%, according to the Business Software Alliance. See More »