Bohack

If you have ever rented a movie you’ve seen the MPAA warning trailers. It usually starts out with a teen stealing a car or purse and then follows to ask the question ‘Would you steal a car? Would you steal a purse? Then why would you steal a movie?’. The MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) targets the end consumers and that is why you seen such a visible campaign.

The BSA (Business Software Alliance) mainly targets businesses that pirate software, so other than the failed music video of the 80’s “don’t copy that floppy”; there’s really no visible campaigns. However consumers can personally be targeted and if you repair computers and get paid for it, then you are a business. So the point is software piracy can escalate very quickly and you could find a BSA love letter in your mailbox.

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