“There are two types of companies: those that have been audited [for software violations] and those that will be.” So says Robert J. Scott, the managing partner of legal and technology services firm ...

If you have received a software audit request from your software vendor or one of the industry trade groups representing software publishers, such as the Software & Information Industry Association ...

The Business Software Alliance, the main software trade group enforcing license and copyright restrictions, is offering a limited amnesty program this month to businesses using illegally copied ...

The Business Software Alliance (BSA) bullies small companies that can’t present the single piece of evidence it considers acceptable as proof of software ownership. What evidence is that? Want to ...

Software piracy rates are down across the board and Australian businesses have the world’s fourth-lowest rate of software piracy, but the Business Software Alliance (BSA) is raising the spectre of ...

Payless ShoeSource Inc. and Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corp. have paid a combined total of nearly $425,000 to the Business Software Alliance for unlicensed software use, according to a ...

If you don't know what the Business Software Alliance is, consider yourself lucky. A nonprofit trade group formed by more than a dozen major software makers--including Microsoft, Adobe Systems and ...

SINGAPORE--Some companies in Asia are making sure they comply with licensing laws in their respective countries, by turning to external professionals to audit their software assets, industry observers ...