If you happen to know a software thief, you could earn some serious money for turning them in.

When you were a kid, you may have heard that nobody likes a tattletale. That isn’t true. BSA The Software Alliance loves tattletales.

If you report software piracy to BSA and your information directly results in a legal settlement between the alliance and the offending party, you can get a significant cut of that settlement. BSA advocates for the software industry, and some of its members include tech giants like Adobe, Apple and Microsoft. It encourages people to report companies using unlicensed versions of software, incentivizing these reports with the possibility of getting thousands of dollars in return.

No Piracy, the BSA initiative to compel reports of unlicensed software use, markets the program as a way for people to get extra cash and even pay off debt. A No Piracy post to Facebook on March 3 reads, “Looking to pay off your credit card debt? If you know a company using unlicensed business software, file a report today to be eligible for a cash reward.” In fact, most of the No Piracy Facebook posts from the past few months appeal to consumers’ need for “extra cash,” whether it be for holiday gifts, a vacation or spending money.

SOURCE: time.com