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Large companies that invest heavily in software licensing are familiar with the extremely ......

There is a set of related questions our software-audit clients frequently ask us that boil down to vari......

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In our experience, many companies facing software-licensing audits initiated by vendors like Microsoft, Oracle......

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In the software licensing world, all audits are not created equal. On one hand are the “true,” co......

Don't be in the dark on how to prepare and respond to software audits.

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Many businesses expend far too little effort in securing appropriate non-disclosure agreements during softwar......

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Software audits can be intensely frustrating ordeals for businesses t......

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The Covid-19 pandemic shifted entire non-essential indus......

Most software audits eventually reach a point after all the deploy......

Most companies with more than a handful of computers in their IT environments rely on the re......

A software audit may come in many forms, ranging from an offer for a ......

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Software publishers regularly audit their customers to help ensure that the customers......

Almost every business today operates with the support of digital tools. One survey put t......

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Software audits are significant legal and financial risks for all companies. Wit......

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Companies facing copyright infringement claims from soft......

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Businesses that have endured software audits from industry groups like the BSA and the SIIA or from softw......

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No one likes to be audited. In most cases, there is little that a business can do at the outset of a......

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Microsoft licensing is a complex, multi-faceted undertaking, with ......

Many companies who comply with a demand by a software publisher or industry associat......

IBM regularly informs customers selected for an IBM license review or software audit that it reviews the license position of all of its customers worldwide. That means if your company has not participated in a software license review with IBM, the odds are very high that suc......

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How to Protect Your Company against Copyright Infringement Claims by Disgruntled Employees Seeking a Reward

Software auditing entities, such as the Business Software Alliance and Software & Information Indu......

Modern financial history is chock full of embarrassing audit scandals, which caused execu......

Traditionally, software audits were conducted by gaining access to ......

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......

Microsoft is in the process of transitioning many of its volume-licensing customers from the Select Plus Agreement to the new Microsoft Products and Services Agreement (MPSA). (More information on the transition framework is available

The Services Provider License Agreement (SPLA) is Microsoft’s preferred licensing option for businesses wanting to use Microsoft products in support of hosted software solutions made available to end users over the Internet. For many companies, SPLA is a good fit, in that ......

One of the first steps we typically recommend to businesses facing software audits from any source is to try to estimate the financial exposure related to those audits. Doing so allows a company to allocate its resources more efficiently and to set aside reserves or make oth......

The Business Software Alliance (“BSA”) and Software Industry & Information Association (“SIIA”) work on behalf of their members (the lists of which include Microsoft (for the BSA), Adobe, and Autodesk, among others) to enforce copyrights and the terms of end user......

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......

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......

Software auditing entities, such as the Business Software Alliance (“BSA”) and Software & Information Industry Association (“SIIA”), initiate software audits of businesses that more often than not result in a settlement agreed to and negotiated by both parties. I......

In April 2012, IBM announced that it had reached an agreement to acquire Varicent Software, Inc., an Ontario-based publisher of analytics software for compensation and sales performance management. According to the announcement, Varicent’s customers include Starwood Hotels......

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......

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......