[Fsf-friends] Report 'piracy', earn reward (The Financial Express)

[Frederick Noronha (FN)]

REPORT PIRACY, EARN REWARD
Source: The Financial Express

Eavesdropping on pirated software users and reporting the crime can now 
fetch you up to a cool Rs 5 lakh. All you need to do is call the 
anti-piracy toll-free number. Any individual can report under-licensing 
and/or use of illegal software at a workplace and qualify for a reward.

Launching an anti-piracy hotline toll-free number (1600-11-0033) on the 
occasion of World Intellectual Property Rights day, science and technology 
minister Kapil Sibal said, "In the last 20-30 years, there has been a 
movement in favour of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR). Protection of 
IPRs is needed to bring back the returns for those who make investments 
for generation of intellectual property," Mr Sibal said.

However, enforcement of laws towards protection of IPR related to all 
areas, including software and drugs, becomes difficult if needs of 
different communities are not taken care of, Mr Sibal said. "While on one 
hand, we say computerisation must reach every village, prices of software 
are high," he said adding, this leads to piracy.

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