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Kaspersky quits Business Software Alliance

Stuart Sumner

07 December 2011 •

Leading Russian security firm says that it can't condone the BSA's support of a new US piracy law bill

Russian security firm Kaspersky Lab will quit the Business Software Alliance (BSA) from 1 January 2012 in a disagreement over the BSA's support of the US Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) bill. CEO ...

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