The Business Software Alliance (BSA) announced that as a result of actions taken in the first half of 2008, 18,314 internet auctions around the world were shut down. These auctions offered 45,000 illegal copies of software worth a combined 22$ million.
In addition to closing auction sites, BSA wants to prevent distribution of illegal files via P2P networks. Therefore, in the first half of 2008, the organization issued 48,000 notices related to BitTorrent files sharing by 633,000 P2P users, with a total value of 525$ million.
BitTorrent - the San Francisco company which still wants to earn some money on P2P file-sharing - decided to lay off about half its staff.
As reported by the New York Times, the newly appointed president of the company decided to dismiss 18 people. This comes after the company laid off 20% of its staff in August. BitTorrent is planning to close its Torrent Entertainment Network - a digital online shop, which was designed to compete with iTunes.
The Business Software Alliance (BSA) announced that as a result of actions taken in the first half of 2008, 18,314 internet auctions around the world were shut down. These auctions offered 45,000 illegal copies of software worth a combined 22$ million.
