On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 2:31 PM, John Oliver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But has nobody ever > taken them to court over how they get the warrant in the first place? I > certainly cannot get a warrant to search someone's home because I > complain that they've stolen something from me. And no LE agency can, > either, based on my say-so.
I did a quick search on news.google.com for BSA's activities, and it seems their last high-profile case was against a company that was blatantly violating the EULA. They were selling PC's with illegal copies of Microsoft, Adobe, McAfee products(etc...) on it. The BSA paid the price of the software, downloaded it, verified it was illegal(unlicensed), and then proceeded to acquire a warrant...which I guess is legit. The guy could've loaded it up with Ubuntu and been safe ;-) ps: What if your business bought a hundred desktops from that guy? Are you liable for unknowingly buying and utilizing pirated software? links: http://www.mysolutioninfo.com/news-display.aspx?Code=9064&t=Judgment%20Entered%20Against%20PA%20Company%20for%20Widespread%20Unauthorized%20Distribution%20of%20Software -- Nicholas -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
