Spying in the workplace: big money?
The Business Software Alliance launched its rewards program in the US in 2005 to encourage individuals with detailed information about software piracy to come forward and confidentially submit the information. Since then, the BSA claims that it successfully settled with hundreds of companies, bringing in nearly US$22 million.
An offer made earlier this month to pay whistle blowers US$1 million for reporting companies using unlicensed software has met little or no public outcry, unlike lawsuits initiated by the music industry against illegal music downloaders.
The Business Software Alliance (BSA), a global organization representing leading software manufacturers, is intensifying efforts to battle software piracy in the workplace by increasing its current rewards incentive from US$200,000 to US$1 million from July to October.
