Illegal downloads at work put companies at risk, says FAST IiS

From: http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2010/01/15/239977/illegal-downloads-at-work-put-companies-at-risk-says-fast.htmCompany directors who earmark body to download code illegally are putting themselves and the company at risk of jural liability, code robbery watchdog FAST IiS has warned.Internet accumulation gathered by section concern ScanSafe crossways 100 countries revealed a 55% process in banned code and penalization downloads on corporate networks from Oct to December 2009."The company and directors could grappling a malefactor effort with the existence of a sentence and dustlike under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988," said John Lovelock, honcho chief of FAST IiS.In addition to the risk of jural liability, there is the probability of malware being a unhearable add-on to code downloaded from peer-to-peer filesharing networks commonly used to dispense pirated software, he said.FAST IiS recommends that every businesses hit an IT policy as conception of the conditions of job and secure that every employees are aware of the consequences of using corporate computers for banned code downloads."It really is cheaper to ready curb of your IT realty and code licensing kinda than try to revilement corners," said Lovelock.Guidance for businesses is acquirable on the FAST IiS website, he said.