Why would The Australian make such a fool out of itself?

Summary: TheAustralian.com spits out propaganda terms at a rate which is disturbing and it also prints lies from the BSA

"Pirates" and "thieves" and even "fraud" are very strong words and they are very often being misused, especially by Microsoft and its front group the BSA. The following article is a perfect example of the word "piracy" being used sparingly (4 times including the headline) instead of counterfeiting, which Microsoft often likes very much (especially in poorer regions).

HIGHLY organised syndicates are infiltrating Microsoft developer programs globally to defraud the company, a senior executive has admitted.

'The thieves pose as software developers to gain access to genuine software keys, then sell the licences on the internet.

It is worth pointing this stuff out when dumb journalists who cannot use language in a legally proper way even end up with propaganda at the end: "A BSA spokeswoman said it could not tell whose software was pirated most, as that information was not tracked. Globally, the unlawful trade cost software companies $US51.4 billion last year."

These numbers are totally made up. We explained this before [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]. What ought to be said is that TheAustralian.com acts as a parrot rather than actually investigate issues. But it's not alone and we have to start somewhere. ⬆