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In a civil copyright infringement claim, many users of copyrighted material are surprised ......

One of the most common mistakes I encounter in software audits is what I c......

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

It has been said that software is the new oil. It fuels the information revolution. And i......

The end of the year is a busy time for software publishers and entities like the BSA | The Software Al......

In many software audits, the auditing entity like the Business Software Allia......

It is common practice for software publishers to incorporate by reference vari......

Many software-solution vendors utilize third-party infrastructure or a......

Software-compliance audits initiated by IBM can be extremely burdensome......

Most software audits initiated by the software publisher or a third party entity author......

Software auditors such as KPMG, Deloitte and PriceWaterhouseCoopers like to have things their way. It’s an unders......

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

Disputes involving software usage are on the rise for businesses of all sizes. In some cases, technical......

In order to effectively manage their software usage and to mitigate compliance exposure, com......

In order to effectively manage their software usage and to mitigate compliance exposure, companies......

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

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Autodesk, Inc. uses a variety of resources to identify potential audit targ......

Autodesk routinely conducts software audits to determine whether businesses have unlic......

In the universe of software-copyright enforcement programs, Autodesk’s may be the most active and vigorous.......

Conducting a self-audit while facing potential copyright infringement claims from Autodesk or any other soft......

Software-license compliance can be a difficult task, and understanding the standard Auto......

Oracle maintains what I consider to be the most aggressive audit program of any major soft......

Responding to a software audit can be an arduous, expensive, and tim......

Many software copyright infringement claims are resolved informally and often the terms are set for......

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

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

Microsoft and Flexera recently announced a joint initiative that the two companies have touted as a way to transform “the software supply chain” through the use of a standard set of software asset management (SAM) solutions. By deploying Flexera’s FlexNetManager Suite ......

Software licensing compliance is a complex task to manage. The metrics for measuring compliance often are a challenge to gather, and those metrics typically are different from software publisher to software publisher. This means that software asset management (SAM) teams nee......

The BSA and SIIA are not the only organizations pursuing business for software copyright infringement. Though it is a member of both the BSA and SIIA, Autodesk, which manufactures the popular design software AutoCAD, often pursues audit targets on its own. The audits begi......

Autodesk routinely sends letters to businesses that it suspects may be using Autodesk software products without adequate licensing, both in order to confirm those suspicions as well as to address any license-compliance discrepancies. Typically under threat of a federal lawsu......

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 ......

Software publisher Adobe Systems Inc. actively investigates its existing customers to determine whether each customer has properly licensed Adobe software, or is committing copyright infringement. Adobe often pursues its customers directly, but sometimes grants a power of at......

A software audit typically resolves in one of three ways: a dismissal, a settlement, or litigation. The most common path to resolution is a settlement between the parties for potential copyright infringement stemming from allegedly unlicensed software. Software publishers so......

At the conclusion of software audits where it appears that software products were installed and used without adequate licensing, many companies find themselves confronting two challenges. First, there is the fact that the software publisher likely is demanding that the compa......