Software Audit Blog
This blog is dedicated to software audits, including Microsoft, BSA, Autodesk, SIIA and Adobe audits.
Author: Robert J. Scott and Julie Machal-Fulks are partners at Scott & Scott in Dallas. Both also contribute to Business & Technology Law. Scott also contributes to BSA Audit Blog, and Machal-Fulks also contributes to Privacy & Security Blog.
Blawg Related Categories: Contracts • Intellectual Property Law • Partner
Recent Posts from Software Audit Blog
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Software Piracy Penalties
Software Piracy penalties are sums collected by software publishers and their trade groups such as the BSA and SIIA in connection with software piracy audit activity.
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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…
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How the BSA Got Your Name
Targeted by the BSA? Almost all of my clients wonder how the Business Software Alliance got their name. Have you heard the BSA’s radio campaign offering rewards of up $1,000,000 dollars to disgruntled employees? The…
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Microsoft SAM – An Audit by Another Name
When I heard a Microsoft executive recently explain its new approach to software license compliance enforcement, I couldn’t believe my ears. Statements like, “Microsoft does not endorse audits,” and “Microsoft believes that most of its…
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Mitigating Negative Publicity from Software Audits
The Business Software Alliance (BSA) recently announced that it entered into a settlement agreement with a small-to-medium-sized motor sports dealer and equipment supplier in Greenville, South Carolina, regarding the dealer’s alleged use of unlicensed, Adobe…
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What Constitutes a “Copy” of Software Under Copyright Law?
Software auditors almost always try to find ways to maximize the number of allegedly infringing software “copies” at issue in an audit engagement. It is typical for the Business Software Alliance (BSA), the Software &…
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BSA Ramping Up Piracy Campaign
The Business Software Alliance (“BSA”), a trade association representing a number of software publishers, is launching a new campaign to attract would-be informants to its reward program. The BSA’s new Know it / Report it…
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Responding to Autodesk Audits
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,…
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Autodesk Audit: The Importance of Serial Numbers
In many software audits, the auditing entity like the Business Software Alliance or the Software & Information Industry Association requires a dated proof of purchase to demonstrate when a license for a software product was…