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Program Pirates: Steering Clear of Software Audits
By Christopher Danzig
Imagine you head a small company, with just a few dozen employees and computers. One day you receive a letter from a software industry trade group, such as the Business Software Alliance (BSA) or the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), informing you that it knows your company has unlicensed - or illegal - software within the network. They tell you to audit your whole system for improperly licensed software and hand over detailed results.
Managing Software License Disputes: Cooperation or Litgation
By Robert J. Scott and Julie Machal-Fulks
When company executives are approached by software publishers who claim that the companies are violating the terms of their software licenses, they often wonder whether they should cooperate or dig in and prepare for litigation.
Law.com
Beware of the License Police
Shrinking IT budgets, fierce competition and a mature software market have increased the motivation for software publishers (such as Microsoft Corp., Adobe Systems Inc., Oracle) to conduct software licensing audits -- investigating their customers to determine if they have purchased enough licenses.
- Robert J. Scott
Yahoo! Finance
Software Police Increase Enforcement: Efforts How to Protect Your Company
On the corporate high seas, piracy is everywhere. Companies are filled with computers but not enough software. When you cut costs and install programs on more than one workstation, you’re walking a thin plank.
- Robert J. Scott
IT Compliance News
Software Licensing: A Legal, Not Technology Issue
Why your company needs help from a law firm when the SIIA comes calling.
- Robert J. Scott
The SciTech Lawyer
Successfully Defending Software Audits
Shrinking IT budgets and fierce competition among software publishers have created explosive growth in the incidence and frequency of software audits—a mechanism by which software publishers investigate their customers to determine if they are in compliance with software licenses and copyright laws.
- Robert J. Scott
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