Bit of advice needed...

As I posted further down, the company I work for has been using pirated software for over 10 years. It's not just microsoft either, its Quark, Acrobat all the graphics stuff.

If I reported them, could I get them a fine that would shut the place down?

Posted By: pieman63 on November 10th 2005 at 10:18:30

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Bit of advice needed... (General Chat) - pieman63, Nov 10, 10:18:30
- Most of the major software vendors (General Chat) - camcan, Nov 10, 10:54:18
- Check out the federation against software theft for an anonymous way to tip them off (General Chat) - Partial Angler, Nov 10, 10:26:07
- Worse than that - you get a reward (or used to). (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Nov 10, 10:22:14
- Dunno. Probably. The sanctions for getting caught are, i believe, quite harsh. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Nov 10, 10:22:08
  - Microsoft is a good start. Then the software manufacturers... (n/m) (General Chat) - Arganth, Nov 10, 10:24:14
- usual fine is around ?2K - they hit you know not when (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Nov 10, 10:21:35
  - plus (rant) if Quark charged a f***ing reasonable price for their software not so many (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Nov 10, 10:25:03
    - Even better. They don't offer a server based solution so (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Nov 10, 10:44:06
    - Bing - Studio is over ?500, Director is about the same. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arganth, Nov 10, 10:26:57
      - Just bought Studio 8 including Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks etc etc - ouch! (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Nov 10, 10:28:24
        
        I was looking at a copy with an educational licence on Ebay... (General Chat) - Arganth, Nov 10, 10:33:11
  - Oh that's a shame - I was hoping for something a bit more substantial! (n/m) (General Chat) - pieman63, Nov 10, 10:22:36
    - Sure it would be much more than that. They would also (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Nov 10, 10:25:40
      - talking specifically about Quark, someone I know got hit about 5 years ago - could well be (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Nov 10, 10:27:11
        
        Quark and Adobe are two of the worst (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Nov 10, 10:44:40

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