Pirates given a month to pack in Pakisthana
Found on The Inquirer on Monday, 29 November 2004
The anti pirating body called the Business Software Alliance (BSA) has declared a month's truce for companies using Pirated software in Pakisthana.
Otherwise the BSA will take "legal action" against the businesses and organisations using unauthorised software after the truce ends on December 30. We don't know how successful it will be in the North West Frontier. The rule of law doesn't appear to run there.
It is a moot point how affective such a carrot and stick approach would be. Not only is Pakisthana a great user of pirated software, according to the BSA, it is a key exporter. Pakistan now exports tens of millions of pirate CDs across the world. It is one of the largest sources of pirate disks in the world, reckons the BSA.
I'm afraid things won't work that way. Pakistan wouldn't be the the main distributor if the laws would be strictly enforced. That's like telling the Mafia to stop; they simply won't listen (perhaps it makes them laugh tho).