More companies settle software piracy cases
The Business Software Alliance (BSA) has revealed that more UK companies have settled out of court following allegations of software piracy. Companies in London, South Yorkshire and East Yorkshire have each paid undisclosed-but “significant settlements running into tens of thousands of pounds” for using unlicensed software.
Licensing infringements included the illegal use of software from Adobe, Autodesk, Microsoft and Quark as well as the mis-use of ‘OEM’ and ’student’ versions of both operating systems and business applications.
Sarah Coombes of the BSA told reporters: “The BSA takes a firm line against the disregard of software licensing regulations.”
The BSA has recently targeted firms in Manchester and Glasgow and is committed to ramping-up anti-piracy efforts through 2008.
