How to behave when checking for non-licensed programs, with pirates, if you are a system administrator?

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How to behave when checking for non-licensed programs, with pirates, if you are a system administrator
Good afternoon, the situation is such that
I work in 2 offices where there is a lot of pirated software over 300 tr
. a book, the work is excellent,
the second office is exactly the same in terms of the situation as the first, only there I am not formalized in any way
in our town I will not find another.
one thing interferes, this is a pirate
, I went up to the boss, I say, I need to get away from the pirate, here are the analogues for free or paid but cheap
, no, don’t like it, leave (others will immediately come to my place, despite the fact that I’m an excellent admin)
I told him - if they come with a check, then hits everyone and you
he- who are you and who am I, I have everything grasped
somehow so
I have a question if they come
how to behave?
1-to deny everything, they say the users themselves installed everything (there is some truth, the users themselves installed the programs, many but not all, and forbid them to programmatically install, the boss forbade) 2- you can still
agree to label yourself with everything by the employees themselves, and
ask them to write, they say the name itself installed the program number signature, but I have a job description where it says that I am responsible for the programs
can make terminal access and all pirates on this PC, although for a smaller amount pirates
can install a terminal on a PC that is not at all our office
in general, I must say that even administrative punishment is not acceptable for me.
Let me remind you that I work in 2 offices, the situation is the same, only in one I am formally registered, and in the other not
Friends how to prepare ???

Answer 1

Friends how to prepare?

resign from where he is officially employed
Look for a replacement for both "jobs" until you are taken for a soft spot
Never do
in general, in any situation, even if you were grabbed on a hot

Answer 2

No, you already signed everything
It was necessary to think earlier, and not chase a penny.
Your boss will not be responsible (maybe not completely) for a pirate or make excuses and show your signature that you are responsible for everything.

Answer 3

It must be understood that when it smells of fried, then everyone will save himself. And thus the chief will try to blame everything on you. Another question is that if the city is small, then it is unlikely that the check will be initiated by itself - it will be a tip from competitors or extortion. In the second case, the questions will be only to the boss.
If you don't want to leave the office, organize a good system for backing up working files and quickly deleting your vile unlicensed software (what a horror - they use pirates somewhere, it's incomprehensible to the mind!). Only the main thing is that it must be tested somehow - and this means stopping the work of the office. One comrade made such a system - to remove some unnecessary databases - and in the process of demonstrating its work to the authorities, he almost deleted all the accounting. Saved ... bugs in his system))).
I understand that the chief essentially refused to discuss the situation. So you are not particularly appreciated - a bad sign.
As for free analogues - you can slowly start translating yourself under plausible pretexts - such as key files become outdated, but new ones cannot be found. True, this can lead to an open confrontation with the boss - he needs to demonstrate his power - well, everything will end with dismissal.

Answer 4

You need to figure out what is more important - work or responsibility
At the official place of work, we write in the name of the director (and register with the secretary) a document of the type Memo, in which we list:
a) the number of machines
b) installed software
c) missing licenses
d) the need to use on this working place of such a set of software, the need to add/remove
Next, we write measures to eliminate these problems, which, in your opinion, the director should take:
a) allocate a budget for the purchase (1 month, 3 months, 6 months, 1 year)
b) priority vendors (well those that have actively working representatives who initiate criminal cases) in your region
c) vendors, using illegal software which you substitute yourself. The example here is simple - there is a feature in the law, according to which if a product is produced using a "pirated" version of another product, then copyright does not apply to it.
Imagine a design institute that has been developing a nozzle for a rocket engine based on xxxCAD CAD for 7 years. They file a patent, start selling the development, after a month of sales it turns out that Liao from Hainun does the same for 5 times cheaper. A lawsuit is filed against Liao, a disassembly begins - oops ... But there is no copyright, anyone can use the operating time and the institute goes to beg. Otherwise, even if Liao does not care about copyright law in principle, then his buyers care. And while you can take it cheap - take it from Liao. But as soon as the question of the legality of the release of the product arises, they will immediately take the "author's" product.
As for the branch of your activity, as a rule, advertisers and similar offices for licensing do not unwind the manual; if this is a different type of business, it is necessary to analyze the risks when people in masks come. What is more profitable for business is better to use.
In addition, in any organization, the director is responsible for doing business, while the LLC is responsible with its property. The administrator is responsible for the operation of iron, the operation of the water cooler (in some organizations), etc. I would send away the employer for such a line in the contract. But if it exists, it must be fulfilled. Doing this: if there is no budget, fill up the boss with papers. If you knock out the budget in this way - well, if you don’t knock it out - you tried, there are no complaints.
From the boss, from whom "everything is under control" must be blamed unambiguously. Unless, of course, the money from him helps your beloved grandmother continue to weed the garden.

Answer 5

in general, I understood correctly, the only way out is to dry the crackers and at the same time get rid of the pirates?