The Business Software Alliance (BSA) today urged Congress to swiftly enact cyber crime legislation that would update criminal laws to provide law enforcement with much-needed tools to find and prosecute cyber criminals.
?¢?‚¬?“This holiday season, Americans will spend as much as $30 billion for their online holiday shopping. But while they are doing so, many will worry that criminals are lurking in cyber space, waiting to steal their money or even their identity. Unfortunately, their concerns are justified,?¢?‚¬? said BSA President and CEO Robert Holleyman in testimony delivered before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

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The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), the principal trade association for the software and digital information industry, today announced the inauguration of a new weapon in its fight to help consumers against illegal software. The Don?¢?‚¬?„¢t Get Mad, Get Even campaign is intended to encourage buyers of counterfeit software to get even with a seller by reporting them to SIIA, and in return receive up to $500 from SIIA to purchase legitimate replacements.

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Software company TranDotCom Solutions America reached an out of court settlement with the Business Software Alliance (BSA) for?‚? $55,000. Apparently the company?‚? had unlicensed copies of Microsoft software on its computers. In 2003, piracy cost the Georgia economy more than 3,000 jobs, over $142 million in wages and salaries, over $163 million in retail sales of business software applications, and approximately $38 million in total tax losses. In all in 2003, software piracy has cost the state of Georgia over $340 million.

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