BSA fines Utah company $250,000 for software piracy
The Business Software Alliance (BSA) has announced that it has reached a settlement with Utah-based, CaseData Corporation, for $250,000 after the company was found to be using unlicensed copies of software from Microsoft, Adobe and Symantec. As part of its settlement, CaseData has agreed to delete all unauthorized software, purchase new licenses and implement tighter Software Asset Management (SAM) practices going forward.
According to Jenny Blank, BSA’s Senior Director, Legal Affairs. “When services firms… fail to develop and implement an effective Software Asset Management plan, they can ultimately learn a hard lesson. In the end, it’s significantly cheaper to purchase legal software in the first place than risk getting caught by the BSA.”
The BSA has said that the company worked closely with them to identify missing licenses and co-operated fully through the compliance audit.
The BSA claims to receive over 2,500 reports of software piracy to its website and hotline 1-888-NO PIRACY each year. The majority of BSA’s leads come from current or former employees who had information relating to the unlicensed software activity.
