Software association paid $57K in 2010 to piracy whistleblowers

11.02.2011

SIIA settled its first cases involving graphics software (clip art) for over $200,000.

In all, SIIA filed 17 cases against online sellers in more than a dozen different states.

In 2010, SIIA sent approximately 1400 demand letters, collected close $40,000 in restitution. Source information from the sellers revealed that a majority of the software purchased by these sellers outside of the U.S. actually came from China through sites such as DHGate, Tradetang.com, and Alibaba.  

in Network World's Software section.