Piracy? Not a chance!
We"re going a bit off topic I know but ...
On Thursday, one of my colleagues was called into a business to advise them on a letter they received from Solicitors representing BSA (Business Software Alliance). In it, they advised them that they were sending auditors to their premises this coming Thursday as they"ve been able to identify that they"re using hooky software.
The company used "a friend of a friend" for their IT Maintenance before, and THEY KNOW they are using many unlicensed software. For each unlicensed Microsoft OS they are found to be using, they"re to be fined £1,000. For each unlicensed version of AutoCad (a £1,100 bit of software), they"re to be fined £10,000!!
BSA are really clamping down on this and, with a reward for grassing people up, it"s not something you want to be risking these days.