In two recent articles, we offered one network admin’s experience with software licensing compliance and then shared member reactions to the article. The responses to these articles indicate a couple ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Wham-O Inc., the maker of Frisbees and Hula Hoops, and Burt’s Bees, which makes natural soap, shampoo and beauty products, are among the latest companies to be fined by the Business Software Alliance ...

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 ...