October 25th, 2007 by Matt Fisher
Software piracy watchdog, the Business Software Alliance (BSA), has launched a campaign targeting small businesses in and around Glasgow, Scotland.
According to figures from the BSA, Glasgow is the third worst city in Britain for software piracy after London and Manchester. As part of the campaign, the BSA will write to 8,000 businesses, warning them of the dangers of unlicensed software. The campaign will also include adverts on Radio Clyde and XFM.
Read more on the Scotsman.com
Posted in License Compliance, Software Audit, BSA |
October 22nd, 2007 by Matt Fisher
The Business Software Alliance (BSA) has extended its $1 million rewards scheme for employees who the blow the whistle on their organizations’ misuse of software. The program, due to end at the close of September, will now not cease until the end of the calendar year.
The BSA has taken several high-profile actions in recent months to stamp out illegal use of software and the extension of the scheme is designed to send a clear message to both private and public organizations to get their houses in order before a forced audit is demanded.
Posted in SAM, Software Audit, BSA |
October 15th, 2007 by Matt Fisher
In the latest chapter of an increasingly-public campaign, the Business Software Alliance (BSA) has started court action against Northern Ireland based Kelman Ltd for alleged software piracy.
Acting on behalf of vendors such as Adobe, Autodesk, Microsoft and Symantec, the BSA is currently on a high profile hunt for organizations that use software applications without the appropriate licensing entitlement.
The BSA and software vendors have long advocated the use of Software Asset Management (SAM) solutions to help organizatios understand how many applications are installed across the network at any given time and how this reconciles against license purchases or volume license agreements.
Kelman now has two weeks to decide if it will contest the allegations made by the BSA.
Posted in License Compliance, BSA |
October 14th, 2007 by Martin Callinan
Microsoft’s new Get Genuine Windows Agreement (GGWA see http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/) allows big companies that are discovered to be intentionally or accidentally pirating Windows XP Professional to quickly purchases copies via a reseller.
GGWA is part of a recent wave of antipiracy and license compliance efforts that Microsoft is targeting at big corporations, its most profitable segment.
Organisations have largely been exempt from past antipiracy efforts, which focused on software crackers and pirates distributing stolen license keys, resellers trying to save money by reusing the same licence key with multiple customers and consumers.
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Posted in SAM, Microsoft, Licence Manager, License Manager, License Compliance, Licence Compliance, Software Audit, vendor audit |
