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I am a partner in Scott & Scott, LLP a firm that focuses on technology law matters in Southla......
How to Find the Best Lawyer for Your BSA Audit Case

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Avoid Overpaying for Software Settlements

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One of the most common mistakes I encounter in software audits is what I c......
When to Buy vs. Uninstall in Software Audits

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Businesses that receive software audit demand letters from auditing ......
Effective Dates in Software Audits are Critically Important

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Recent trends indicate that software publishers are increasingly initiating direct software a......
Understanding Software License Agreements to Avoid BSA or SIIA Software Audits

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BSA | The Software Alliance (BSA) is an organization that represents software companies and prosecutes alle......
Audit Inspections: How to Proceed with Inspecting Computers for Software Installations

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What I Learned in the Last 10 Years Defending BSA | The Software Alliance Audits

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Sometimes a company receives notices of audits from many publishers......
Important Tips for Resolving an SIIA Audit During or Immediately After a BSA Audit

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The BSA | The Software Alliance (“the BSA”) investigates claims of software copy......
New Developments in Negotiating Copyright Infringement Damages in Software Settlements with the BSA

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Many companies who comply with a demand by a software publisher or industry associat......
Unpleasant Surprises in BSA & SIIA Software Audits

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Is it Possible to Short-Circuit a BSA or SIIA Software Audit?
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BSA| The Software Alliance (the “BSA”) is an organization that acts on behalf of software publish......
BSA Software Audit Updates: Membership Changes and Impact on Audits

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BSA/SIIA Audits and Software Publisher-Initiated Audits Differ in Important Ways

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Many software copyright infringement claims are resolved informally and often the terms are set for......
Superseding Audit Rights for Software Copyright Infringement: Settlement Agreements Versus Software License Agreements

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11 Secrets to Defending BSA | The Software Alliance Audits
Don't be in the dark on how to prepare and respond to software audits.

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Software Piracy
Software piracy audits conducted by the BSA and the SIIA threaten small and medium sized businesses. As the economy tightens, software publishers such as Microsoft, Adobe, and Autodesk hide behind software piracy enforcement groups to pursue customers accused of installing m......
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Important Tips for Resolving an SIIA Audit During or Immediately After a BSA Audit
Sometimes a company receives notices of audits from many publishers or trade associations at the same time. Often this is because multiple agencies have received confidential reports from the same informant. If a current or previous employee contacts both the Software & ......
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Software Compliance After BSA and SIIA Settlements
Your business has just finished spending the last year of its corporate life responding to a software audit demanded by the Business Software Alliance (BSA) or the Software &Information Industry Association (SIIA). It has devoted substantial time and internal resources i......
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Compliance Documentation After BSA and SIIA Settlements – Three Top Tips
In a previous post, I introduced the concept of post-settlement compliance following the settlement of audits initiated by the Business Software Alliance (BSA) and the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA). As noted before, the first step to completing the c......
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Black Friday for Software Copyright Infringement Settlements
As the year comes to a close, many software publishers and trade associations with calendar year accounting are resolving as many outstanding software audits as possible. Companies currently engaged in a software audit may be able to negotiate favorable resolutions to their ......
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Courts May Refuse to Compel the BSA and SIIA to Identify Their Informants
On January 12, 2012, the D.C. Court of Appeals held that the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) would not be required to disclose the name of one of its confidential informants in a civil case for defamation. Solers, Inc. had filed its lawsuit against a J......
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Responding to an Audit from the BSA-The Software Alliance
If your company has received a letter from the BSA | The Software Alliance requesting a software audit, you are probably wondering whether you should cooperate or ignore the request. I have been handling BSA cases for almost a decade and advise my clients to cooperate but to......