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Big problems with licensing in the UK
Businesses in the U.S. aren’t the only ones suffering, according to a new study, less than half of UK businesses believe their software is correctly licensed. An overwhelming 71% of those businesses admitted to having licensing problems in the ...
Two more victims of the BSA
We have been giving many examples of companies that had to shell out to vendors after being audited and caught by the BSA. Most of them have been overseas so it didn’t hit as close to home as these next two examples will: Mueller Services, Inc....
What do I do with unused licenses?
Many organizations purchase licensing for planning and development that don’t actually get used and were not needed in the first place. The question is, can they go back to the vendor and “return” them? The short answer is yes; the ...
We’re Gonna Getcha, Sucka!
We are always talking on this blog about the BSA and the importance of software licensing compliance. Most people (you can substitute the word “people” with “company”) probably think that this is something that would never h...
BSA hits Thailand
Ecotec - Economic and Technical Crimes Suppression Division - in Thailand has been urged to crackdown on software piracy by the BSA. It’s not just here in the states that audits are on the rise, but overseas companies are feeling it too. The cr...
The BSA has been busy!
In the last month the BSA has publicized 4 separate settlements resulting in hundreds of thousands of dollars: 1. A Georgia woman was fined $250,000 for selling counterfeit software on eBay. 2. Argus Technical Services of Milwaukee, Wisconsin and T...
BSA – Harassers?
We recently blogged about two UK companies - RedPC and Overclockers - getting in trouble with the BSA over alleged software piracy. CRN in the UK recently wrote a follow-up story to the original news report about the BSA’s aggressive procedures...
Miro in IT Finance Connection
Want to see why and how CiOs and CFOs should work together? I was invited to contribute my thoughts on that particular issue for popular newsletter IT Finance Connection. I was inspired by the outlets focus on the IT-Finance connection. When de...
BSA spends the big bucks
They aren’t joking around - Forbes.com reported today that the BSA spent $360,000 in the second quarter to lobby on patent reform, data security and other issues. They lobbied on new legislation that would create a “new coordinator for in...
BSA Piracy Study
The BSA has put out their 2007 Piracy Study, which has revealed Software piracy in just 8 states in the US (AZ, CA, FL, IL, NV, NY, OH, TX) cost vendors an estimated $4.2 billion, which is higher than the national figure for all other countries in ...
BSA gets 4 more…
The BSA has gotten four more companies in the UK - so called “pirates” - and reached out of court settlements with them. Blitz Corporation, Genetics of Ludlow, Sheffield-based MTL Group and Modular UK all reached settlements described by ...
Quick Byte: Microsoft Licensing # 10
Validation? Some may not be aware, but your Microsoft software may occasionally need to be validated - meaning you will have to download the validation feature of your software so Microsoft can be sure that you have activated and licensed your copy p...
2 out of 3 IT Executives Believe they Would Fail a software audit
A new study from the management appliance company reveals nearly two thirds of IT executives believe their companies have not taken the right steps to assure that their licensing is in compliance and are unprepared for a software audit. They surve...
BSA and IDC confirm increase in piracy in 2007…
The BSA, together with IDC, put out their annual piracy survey this week concluding that some software piracy has fallen across the globe but the worldwide rate has risen three points to 38%. According to John Gantz at IDC “By the end of 2007, ...
Licensing Profit Margins to Implode?
Gartner analyst William Snyder addressed software licensing at the Gartner Emerging Technologies Conference a little over a week ago, highlighting that software profit margins will erode, pricing will increase, all due to the fact that only a few bi...
Redmond’s Reader Survey finds Microsoft Licensing Confusing to Most
Interesting study from Redmond Magazine’s current issue – they put together a reader’s survey on initial feelings towards Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 and most importantly, Microsoft software licensing. Most interesting to us at Miro, a m...
