Business Software Alliance (BSA), the international association established by the software industry for promoting use of original software, declared that the recently held Computer Shopper 2003 was free of any illegal trading, for the second year in a row.
BSA further commended the Ministry of Information and the Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) for their efforts in successfully organizing the show and keeping it free from pirated software. Computer Shopper is the region's largest consumer exhibition for IT products and services and the retail arm of the Gitex Dubai 2003 exhibition.
BSA has undertaken a series of initiatives to promote the usage of original software at Computer Shopper 2003. Through BSA's efforts, exhibitors and visitors alike were made aware that any illegal trading would be dealt with stringently by the concerned authorities and exhibitors were instructed to ensure that all the software they were selling was original.
BSA is an international organization representing leading software and e-commerce developers in 65 countries around the world. Established in 1988, BSA has offices in the United States, Europe and Asia. As the voice of the software industry, BSA helps governments and consumers understand how software strengthens the economy, worker productivity and global development and how its further expansion hinges on the successful fight against software piracy and Internet theft. — (menareport.com)
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