Business Software Alliance perjures itself about "pirated software"
Rainer sez, "Munster University got an automated cease-and-desist letter from the BSA, regarding their distribution of "unlicensed copies of copyrighted material" through their FTP server. As it happens, the offending material was Open Office, not MS Office... The BSA subsequently apologized, blaming an automated script for reacting to the word 'office' (not yet a Microsoft trademark)." Link Discuss (Thanks, Rainer!)Share this post
Cory Doctorow
Upcoming appearances
* Feb 9, 2012, DeKalb, IL: Day of Doctorow, NIU
* Feb 10-12, 2012, Chicago, IL: Capricon 32
* Feb 13, 2012, Arlington, TX: UT Arlington College of Engineering Distinguished Speaker Series
* Feb 16, 2012, Victoria, BC: 13th Annual Privacy and Security Conference
Recent books:
* Context (essays)
* With a Little Help (short stories)
* For the Win (YA novel)
* Makers (adult novel)
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