Gaming software developer BreakAway has agreed to pay $75 000 to settle a complaint by the Business Software Alliance that it was using unlicensed copies of Adobe and Microsoft products, says PC World.

“It's ironic that BreakAway would be using unlicensed software when the gaming industry is a major victim of software piracy,” says Jenny Blank, BSA's director of enforcement.

"We also find it ironic that software developers are frequently software piraters," Blank adds. "We have a very high percentage of software developers in our list of pirating companies.”