Los Angeles firm pays $250,000 software licensing fine
Acorn Engineering Company (www.acorneng.com), a manufacturer of stainless steel fixtures, has agreed to pay $250,000 to the Business Software Alliance (BSA) to settle claims that it had unlicensed copies of Adobe, Autodesk and Microsoft software on its computers.
In addition to the payment, the company agreed to delete all unlicensed copies of software installed on its computers, acquire any necessary replacement licenses and commit to implementing stronger software license management practices.
In the US, software piracy can result in damages of up to $150,000 for each software title copied. The BSA currently offers up to $1,000,000 in rewards for whistle-blowers who report software piracy.
