57% of Users Admit to Piracy?

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There’s a new report from the Business Sofware Alliance (pdf warning) that claims, among other things, that fully 57% of the world’s PC users admit to pirating software. I can’t speak to the veracity of this statistic or anything else in the report – the BSA hasn’t got the best track record after all, largely [...]

SOPA: What It Does, Doesn’t Do and Why You Should Care

There’s been a lot of buzz lately about SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act), a controversial bill intended to fight online piracy. If you’re a fan of the Pirate Party then I don’t really need to give you any motivation to hate this one, but here’s a quick primer for the rest of you. Assuming you, like many folks, disagree [...]