Press Articles

Some Industry Press Articles:

• Slow learners at Future School
  Illegal software use results in $40,000 settlement with BSAA 19 March 2002
  
  
• Time to audit your software and cough up for licenses SMH March 26 2002
  
  
• What are the repercussions of a BSA audit? TechRepublic 18 April 2002
  
  
• Selling a software shift (SMH 7 May 2002)
  
  
• Software deals--what's in the fine print? (ZDNet 17 July 2002) PDF
  
  
• Aldermen OK $31,000 to legalize software (The Cabin 24 July 2002) PDF
  
  
• Group cracks down on use of illegal software (Puget Sound 26 July 2002) PDF
  
  
• MIS Magazine survey results on response to Microsoft Licensing V6.0 (Sept 2002)
  
  
• Ballmer tries to dampen licensing furore (ZDNet Oct 10, 2002) PDF
  
  
• BSAA crows over software piracy settlement (ZDNet 16 Oct 2002) PDF
  
  
• BSA whacks two UK firms for piracy (The Register 15 Nov 2002) PDF
  
  
• TechRepulic Download database for tracking licensing compliance & related articles
  
  
• Scuttling the pirates (SMH 26 Nov 2002) PDF
  
  
• UK BSA piracy audit deadline looms for business (The Register 13 Feb 2003) PDF
  
  
• Australian indicted in US over software piracy scheme (SMH 13 Mar 2003) PDF
  
  
• AAT Kings Tours settles with BSAA for $60,000 (CIO 30 June 2003) PDF
  
  
• The piracy pitfalls of outsourcing (The Register 07 July 2003) PDF
  
  
• Supply & Demand: Software Pricing (eWeek 26 Feb 2004) PDF
  
  
• Software piracy whistle-blowers get bigger rewards (ZDNet 8 Nov 2004)
  
  
• Companies floundering with asset management (ComputerWorld Dec 2004)
  
  
• Universities targets in 2005: Music Industry (ZDNet 6 Jan 2005)
  
  
• Don't overlook licensing issues when planning for disaster recovery (Tech Republic 21 Mar 2005)
  
  
• Software police issues warning on IT staff (VNUNet 29 Apr 2005)
  
  
• Valley firms hit with fines for unlicensed software (Phoenix Business Journal 27 Apr 2005)
  
  
• Buyers beware of the fine print (The Age 24 May 2005) PDF
  
  
• CAAST & BSA Collect $270,000 in Settlements (Marketnews.ca 1 June 2005)
  
  
• Adobe Anti-Piracy Self-Audting......... SSAMM Adobe Self Assesment Program (March 5, 2005)
  
  
• Waste not, want not (Infoconomy 17 June, 2005)
  
  
• Software Compliance: A Risk and an Opportunity (ComputerWorld 18 July, 2005)
  
  
• Organizations Settle with Software Watchdog (TechNews 22 July, 2005) PDF
  
  
• Q&A: PwC exec sees a 'disconnect' on software licensing (ComputerWorld 28 July, 2005)
  
  
• Licence management: Leave it to the accountants (UK Builder.com 8 Aug, 2005)
  
  
• Companies playing risky licensing game (Business Edge, Ontario 20 Sep, 2005)
  
  
• Europcar settles big for alleged copyright breach (Beer Files, Australia 23 Sep, 2005)
  
  
• Top software enforcer talks tough (BBC 18 Oct, 2005)
  
  
• Microsoft wins $1.3m in piracy case (SMH Sydney 03 Nov, 2005)
  
  
• Software alliance settles with Dallas-area companies (Dallas Business Journal Nov 9, 2005)
  
  
• UK firm pays £10,000 for software licence 'error' (Vnunet Nov 17, 2005)
  
  
• Tide Turning In Battle With Software Piracy (St Petersburg Times Russia Nov 29, 2005)
  
  
• Software Pirates Fined $500K (Red Herring Dec 8 2005)
  
  
• Software audits: not a case of if, but when (ComputerWorld NZ 12 June 2006)
  
  
• Canadian companies cough up $250,000 for using unlicensed software (PCWorld 13 July 2006)
  
  
• BSA Packs a Real $ Punch with Unlicensed Software Claim Settlements: Avoiding the List (PRWeb 31 July 2006)
  
  
• Keeping track of software licences (Computer Weekly 1 Aug 2006)  Featuring The BBC use of KeyServer.
  
  
• BSA demands higher fines for breaches of software licences (IT Week 21 Aug 2006)
  
  
• Software Licensing: The Next Challenge in Desktop Management (Enterprise ITPlanet 24 Aug 2006)
  
  
• Rearchitecting IT: Simplify. Simplify (Campus Technology 26 Jun 2006)
  
  
• Fine unlicensed software users, says BSA (The Register 30 Aug 2006)
  
  
• Vendor-Specific License Tools Loom (InfoWorld 26 Sep 2006)  mentions use of KeyServer.
  
  
• Adobe's coming license manager (InfoWorld 26 Sep 2006)
  
  
• The Adobe License Manager and Acrobat (InfoWorld 26 Sep 2006)
  
  
• Dob in a software pirate, earn $10K: BSAA (Computerworld 3 Oct 2006)
  
  
• Toronto company dinged for unlicensed software use (PCWorld.ca 6 Oct 2006)
  
  
• Asset Management Systems (Tech Learning 15 Oct 2006)
  
  
• RP firms get reprieve from legal actions vs software piracy (INQ7.net 31 Oct 2006)
  
  
• Will More DRM Mean Fewer Audits? (InfoWorld 31 Dec 2006)
  
  
• Group nets $1 million in piracy settlements in December (ComputerWorld 12 Jan 2007)
  
  
• CIO Jury: 'Cynical' licence audits under fire (Silicon.com 12 Jan 2007)
  
  
• Shrinkwrap licences: An epidemic of lawsuits waiting to happen (IT News 05 Feb 2007)
  
  
• Vista home editions won't run on Mac, Linux virtual machines (IT News 05 Feb 2007)
  
  
• Simple steps for ensuring software license compliance (SC Magazine 12 Feb 2007)
  
  
• City of Tigard fined for using illegal software (The Regal Courier 22 Feb 2007)
  
  
• Arrrgh! Trucking company pays $300,000 for pirating software (Land Line Magazine 23 Feb 2007)
  
  
• Adobe License Manager - Electronic licensing in Adobe products — Important changes (Adobe - March 2007)
  
  
• BSA Files Software Piracy Complaints Against Drug Testing Company (MY Solution Info.com Phillippines 22 June 2007)
  
  
• Acrobat and Education Concurrency FAQ (June 2007) PDF (Adobe June 2007)
  "Q: Are there any requirements for use of concurrent licenses?
  A: Adobe requires that Education institutions buying concurrent licenses use a license management technology to ensure that their concurrent licenses are properly deployed and administered."
  


• Adobe: Volume licensing for educational institutions (Adobe June 2007)
  
  
• BSA agrees record €2.5m anti-piracy settlement (VUnet Sep 2007)
  
  
• Autodesk Pirates Pay Up (InternetNews Oct 2007)
  
  
• BSA settles with Glasgow firm over licensing (IT Week Nov 2007)
  
  
• Three companies pay software licensing settlements (Network World Jan 2008)
  
  
• Publishing Company Settles Software Suit With SIIA (InternetNews Jan 2008)
  
  
• Sony’s hypocrisy scandalizes (The Collegian Apr 2008)
  
  
• Clampdown on software pirates in Manchester (The Independent May 2008)
  
  
• BSA: Software piracy's 'tragic' impact on US society (The Register July 2008)
  
  
• Crackdown on WA software pirates (The West Australian July 2008)
  
  
• Hacker, Counterfeiter Comes Clean Ahead of Prison Stint (Wired July 2008)
  
  
• Companies settle claims for unlicensed software (SJOnline Aug 2008)
  
  
• Credit crunch drives software audits (ComputerWeekly Aug 2008)
  
  
• Software License Compliance: Myth vs. Reality (E-Commerce Times Sep 2008)
  
  
• BSA cracks down on software piracy (Vnunet Oct 2008)
  
  
• Business Software Alliance makes antipiracy push (Cnet Oct 2008)
  
  
• Companies nailed for illegal software (SmeWeb Oct 2008)
  
  
• The Costs of Policing Campus Networks (Inside Higher Ed Oct 2008)
  
  
• We'll never stop pirates: Microsoft (SMH Oct 2008)
  
  
• Microsoft Continues To Smoke Out Software Pirates (ChannelWeb Oct 2008)
  
  
• BSA's One-year Immunity To Corporate Software Pirates (Bernama.com Malaysia Mar 2009)
  
  
• BSA Settles Lawsuit Against Nevada-Based Engineering Company for $205,000 (Could Computing Journal Mar 2009)
  
  
• BSA: Software Industry Lost $53B to Piracy in 2008 (Internetnews May 2009)
  
  
• Firm's $90,000 piracy accord (AustralianIT June 2009)
  
  
• Illegal software use may be costly for companies (Arizona Republic June 2009)
  
  
• Twelve Canadian Companies To Pay More Than $431,000 In Damages For Unlicensed Software Use (Alpha Trade Finance Sep 2009)
  
  
• Software vendors likened to mean traffic cops (ChannelWeb UK Jan 2010)
  
  
• Unlicensed software users fined $300K (ITNews Australia Jan 2010)
  
  
• BSA & SIIA Target Small to Medium Sized Businesses on the Issue of Software Piracy (TMC.net Mar 2010)
  
  
• Big Software’s Anti-Piracy Groups Target Small Businesses (PRWeb Mar 2010)
  
  
• BSA offers piracy lesson after collaring colleges (CRN Mar 2010)
  
  
• Wisconsin Steel Manufacturer Pays $144,000 to Settle Claims of Unlicensed Software Use (AjaxWorld Mar 2010)
  


• Global Housewares Provider Pays $65,000 to Settle Claims of Unlicensed Software Use (PR-USA 2010)
  
  
• Tilbury car dealer fined $50,000 (The Chatham Daily News Apr 2010)
  
  
• Businesses warned of software licensing clampdown (ComputerWeekly May 2010)
  
  
• Press Release: Sassafras K2 – KeyAuditor and KeyServer 2010 CODiE Award “Best Asset Management Solution” (eSchool News May 2010)
  
  
• Australian businesses ignorant to effective software asset management practices (PRWire May 2010)
  
  
• Microsoft audits a fact of life (Stuff.co.nz May 2010)
  
  
• Business Software Alliance (BSA) Turns Up Heat in Cleveland. Will Your City be Targeted Next? (Trading Markets June 2010)
  
  
• Company Pays $3.3 Million for Using Pirated Office and Other Software (Softpedia July 2010)
  
  
• Money Transmitter Company Pays $130,000 to Settle Claims of Unlicensed Software Use (PRNewswire July 2010)
  
  
• Japan manufacturer to pay US$3.3 million for software piracy (Sunday Times Sri Lanka July 2010)
  
  
• Tools to help companies use open source software lawfully (Out-Law.com Aug 2010)
  
  
• Online Automotive Resource Pays $400,000 to Settle Claims of Unlicensed Software Use (PRNewswire Aug 2010)
  
  
• IT departments need software compliance officer: BSAA (ComputerWorld Sep 2010)
  
  
• Massachusetts-Based Health & Benefits Administrator Pays $275,000 to Settle Claims of Unlicensed Software Use (PRNewswire Oct 2010)
  
  
• Ad agency fined $100K over software (Zdnet Australia Mar 2011)
  
  
• Make Sure Your Software Use Complies with Applicable Laws (IT Business Edge Mar 2011)
  
  
• Illinois Ranks High in BSA Software Piracy Leads Scott & Scott, LLP Recommends Illinois Businesses Be Prepared (PR Web May 2011)
  
  
• Defence dragged to court over licences (ZDNet May 2011 Australia)
  
  
• NSW Police accused of breaching software copyright (AustralianIT May 2011 Australia)
  
  
• Summerside company fined for illegal software (Journal Pioneer June 2011 Australia)
  
  
• Firms must use legal business software (Channelnewsasia June 2011 Singapore)
  
  
• Yorkshire firm pays £29,000 bill for unlicensed software use (ComputerWorldUK June 2011 UK)
  
  
• Software Audit Target Fights Back in Court (PRWeb July 2011)
  
  
• NSW Ombudsman stays in Micro Focus software case (ITNews July 2011)
  
  
• $5.7 million settlement in Japanese software piracy case (News by afterdawn Sep 2011)
  
  
• Informant key in $150k BSA software haul (ZDnet Australia Sep 2011)
  
  
• Schools face big software licence bills (The West Australian Sep 2011)
  
  
• NSW Police court trouble on software audit (ITnews Australia Nov 2011)