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Software Piracy

ITAM Industry News Round-Up

December 9, 2009 Absolute Software

Absolute Software acquires LANrev
Article: What to Do When You Receive a BSA Audit Letter thanks to IAITAM
IT Asset Management Awareness Month from IAITAM

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ARTICLE: Taking Control of a Software Vendor Audit

May 22, 2009 Managesoft

Following on from my article last week exploring the different results achieved by an organisation faced with a vendor audit, this article attempts to explain how best to deal with an impending audit.

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Vendor Audit Maturity Model

May 12, 2009 Articles

The table below summarises the different results achieved by an organisation faced with a vendor audit depending on their maturity. Success with vendor audits is not only about having sound ITAM processes and procedures in place but also the correct attitude towards the situation, swift action, and strong negotiation.
I welcome your feedback or comments [...]

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ITAM Industry News Round-Up

February 19, 2009 BSA

SAMSource – SAM Library and Training
An article from SAMSource on the importance of keeping the correct proof of licence records for effective Software Asset Management.
Software Insider – R “Ray” Wang’s Blog
An article showing some of the gag clauses used by software vendors in their agreements.
BSA SAM Advantage Update
A quick update on the [...]

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Australian Engineering Firm Must Pay 10 Years Compensation For Copyright Infringement

February 2, 2009 BSA

Autodesk Australia has successfully sued Ginos Engineers Pty Ltd, an engineering firm based in Adelaide, for copyright infringement of its CAD software. 

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INTERVIEW: Scott D. Rosenberg “The most common issue that leads to heavy-duty fines or expensive settlements”

January 15, 2009 Interviews

Today the ITAM Review interviews Scott D. Rosenberg.
Scott is CEO and Founder of Miro Consulting Inc, known for helping customers analyze and negotiate enterprise agreements with the major publishers such as Oracle and Microsoft. We asked Scott to share an insight into the common errors firms make when signing agreements and his experiences in software [...]

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Software Pirate Caught Selling On Auction Site

November 3, 2008 Software Piracy
Illegal Software on Ioffer.com

The Business Software Alliance (BSA) has named the latest software pirate to be caught for selling illegal software. John Rothwell from Liverpool in the UK fell afoul of the BSA investigators when he tried to sell them £2,000 of Adobe, CorelDRAW, Microsoft Office and other software titles for £29.

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BSA Announces Four New Piracy Cases

October 13, 2008 BSA
Procurasell

The Business Software Alliance (BSA) has continued to keep the pressure on those failing to use legal software after announcing a handful of successful cases in its fight against unlicensed products.

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New UK Software Piracy Laws Enforced For The First Time

September 23, 2008 FAST
Trading Standards working with Metropolitan Police

CRN reports that UK Trading Standards have worked with the Metropolitan Police to exercise the new law on software piracy.

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The FAST Corporate Services Sales Pitch

August 24, 2008 FAST
Federation Against Software Theft

A great article by Jon Bains at Digital Arts on a typical sales pitch from FAST Corporate Services.

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Trading Standards Lends Weight to FAST Campaign

July 17, 2008 FAST
software piracy

The Federation Against Software Theft (FAST) is to team up with Trading Standards in a pilot campaign based in Cardiff this summer.
One thousand companies in the Welsh capital are due to be sent advice on how to achieve compliance followed up by visitors from Trading Standards.

Trading Standards in Cardiff have stated they will be [...]

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