BSA Declairing your software license compliance
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So a client received a letter today asking them to declare their software license compliance by going to www.bsa.country/uk/declaration and entering their BSA ID.
The letter states its not mandatory but failure to manage software assets and misplaced confidence by management can result in legal, financial and other consequences.
Is this a hoax or is this something the client should do? Has anyone seen this before?
And please note: We dont have any illegal software running as far as I know so should be good to do it but have never seen before so wasnt sure whether to ignore or comply.
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I'm no lawyer, but that SOUNDS like a hoax. The BSA is real, self reporting is fine, but not doing it resulting in legal consequences... um, that's not okay language. That sounds like a scare tactic or extortion. Check the links, I bet that that isn't real BSA.
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@scottalanmiller said in BSA Declairing your software license compliance:
I'm no lawyer, but that SOUNDS like a hoax. The BSA is real, self reporting is fine, but not doing it resulting in legal consequences... um, that's not okay language. That sounds like a scare tactic or extortion. Check the links, I bet that that isn't real BSA.
@scottalanmiller said in BSA Declairing your software license compliance:
I'm no lawyer, but that SOUNDS like a hoax. The BSA is real, self reporting is fine, but not doing it resulting in legal consequences... um, that's not okay language. That sounds like a scare tactic or extortion. Check the links, I bet that that isn't real BSA.
BSA.country goes to a live site. More than that, no idea.
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 See image attached - this is the letter we received..
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@Joel you have to wait until the 100% changes to the jpg/png/whatever before clicking submit
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Jump the Imgur gun there
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My guess is that It's a fake... Whois.net says is registered by "Third Marketing" from Antwerpen, Belgium... Sounds scammy to me.
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lol - It says error socket hang up! What does that mean?
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@Joel said in BSA Declairing your software license compliance:
lol - It says error socket hang up! What does that mean?
That means that Imgur is having an issue again.
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@dafyre said in BSA Declairing your software license compliance:
My guess is that It's a fake... Whois.net says is registered by "Third Marketing" from Antwerpen, Belgium... Sounds scammy to me.
Very, very scammy.
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The lengths people go to!!!
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@dafyre said in BSA Declairing your software license compliance:
My guess is that It's a fake... Whois.net says is registered by "Third Marketing" from Antwerpen, Belgium... Sounds scammy to me.
It's legit. And Third Marketing is BSAs marketing and PR company so the manage their sites.
You can also find links to that campaign site (bsa.country) on bsa.org
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They can come to your door with lawyers if they actually think youre 'stealing' imaginary property. But they need permission from a court to do so. And you dont have to do anything for them, at all, ever, without this order. At least in the US that is.
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@momurda said in BSA Declairing your software license compliance:
They can come to your door with lawyers if they actually think youre 'stealing' imaginary property. But they need permission from a court to do so. And you dont have to do anything for them, at all, ever, without this order. At least in the US that is.
Actually they already have permission when you agree to the EULAs.
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@Jason said in BSA Declairing your software license compliance:
@momurda said in BSA Declairing your software license compliance:
They can come to your door with lawyers if they actually think youre 'stealing' imaginary property. But they need permission from a court to do so. And you dont have to do anything for them, at all, ever, without this order. At least in the US that is.
Actually they already have permission when you agree to the EULAs.
That's what gets you. Run any of their products and you've already agreed to bypassing the court needs. Only time that the court is required is if you are not running any BSA covered products - and basically everyone is.
