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)