The Business Software Alliance's (BSA ) claim that 90% of all audit letters sent in 2012 were the result of tips from whistle-blowers should be a wake-up call to CIOs. IT chiefs may well ponder how to ...

In two recent articles, we offered one network admin’s experience with software licensing compliance and then shared member reactions to the article. The responses to these articles indicate a couple ...

“There are two types of companies: those that have been audited [for software violations] and those that will be.” So says Robert J. Scott, the managing partner of legal and technology services firm ...

Let’s get right to the meat of the Business Software Alliance vs. User debate: is your software legal? In my last column I mentioned some of the things you and I would consider proof that we acquired ...

If you have received a software audit request from your software vendor or one of the industry trade groups representing software publishers, such as the Software & Information Industry Association ...

The issue of compliance is forever on the minds of IT executives, and even more so in the last 10 years, due to increased audit activities by software vendors, complex licensing rules and the ...

Wham-O Inc., the maker of Frisbees and Hula Hoops, and Burt’s Bees, which makes natural soap, shampoo and beauty products, are among the latest companies to be fined by the Business Software Alliance ...

Karen Schwartz is a freelance technology writer based in the Washington D.C. area. A software audit is a daunting situation for any organization – one that creates demands and stress on IT staff and ...

Earlier this month, I began talking about the new software Mafia, aka the Business Software Alliance (check out “The software protection racket, Part 1 and Part 2“). Two goals this week: get the BSA ...

SINGAPORE--Some companies in Asia are making sure they comply with licensing laws in their respective countries, by turning to external professionals to audit their software assets, industry observers ...

CIOs would do well to consider open source as a defense against software audits by Microsoft and other increasingly desperate enterprise software vendors. Matt Asay is a veteran technology columnist ...

The Business Software Alliance, the main software trade group enforcing license and copyright restrictions, is offering a limited amnesty program this month to businesses using illegally copied ...