from where's the email headers really from? was it legit?
----- Original Message ----- From: "aracelipraiz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 12:52 PM Subject: [plug] NBI Warning - But No Mention of FOSS Option > Our (small/medium-sized) company just got a letter from NBI [below]. > I assume it is part of a mass mailing. Did anyone else get it? > It seems the NBI is now the one doing the warning, not BSA > or Microsoft anymore. I wonder how they get company > addresses for their mailing database. > > Anyway, my comment is that a mass mailing like this could have > been a good opportunity to mention the option of free software, > so people would at least get an idea that there is such an > alternative. But there was no such mention. Opportunity lost. > > I wish the FOSS-advocating part of the government (who might > that be: ASTI? DOST?) could influence the police part of the > government to add just one sentence to their anti-piracy > campaigns, mentioning the possibility of using free software. > I guess the commercial software lobby is the only influence > on the police part right now. > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Dear XXX; > > Please read this letter carefully as it may affect your company's > future. > > The use of software illegally has become rampant within businesses. > For your information, software copyright is infringed whenever a > company uses or reproduces software without a license from the > affected software company. This is also known as end user piracy. > Using a software program without a proper license can lead to > criminal charges and civil action. > > The use of software illegally is a criminal offense that has harmful > effects on our economy. It hampers the growth of our IT sector and > inhibits foreign investors from doing business in our country. > It also causes losses in income for many companies, jobs for > thousands of Filipinos, and tax revenues for the government. > > In 1996, the NBI IPR Division was established to more actively go > after violators of our IP Laws including those that infringe software > copyright. To date, we have: 1,042 search warrants served; > 1,233 cases of piracy and counterfeiting filed; and 89 pending cases. > > The NBI is committed to combating end-user software piracy by > investigating violators and where necessary, effecting arrests, > searches and seizures in accordance with the law. Software > infringers risk both imprisonment and a fine for their acts. > > PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU ARE FREE FROM PIRATED PRODUCTS BY ENSURING > THAT EACH OF YOUR SOFTWARE PROGRAMS IS PROPERLY LICENSED. TAKE > TIME OUT TO AUDIT YOUR SOFTWARE. DISCARD AND REMOVE ALL > PIRATED SOFTWARE. > > All forms of intellectual property, be it music, movies, books > or software, deserve to be respected and protected to help boost > economic growth. Let's work together to eradicate piracy > in our country! > > Very truly yours, > By authority of NBI Director Reynaldo Wycoco: > (Signed) Rafael Z. Ragos > Head, IPR Division of NBI > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > -- > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph > Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph > . > To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug > . > Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to > http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie > > -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
