NHS trust fined for underlicensingA £13,000 penalty has been paid by Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, after the NHS foundation trust was found to have underlicensed a software package.
Design agency hit by £44,000 costs after being caught out by BSAIn it's fight against the use of unlicensed software the Business Software Alliance never seems to take much of a breather between cases and it's latest settlement has landed a London design agency with a £44,000 bill.
CSI Redmond: How Microsoft Tracks Down PiratesEach new iteration of Microsoft software also marks a new chapter in the ongoing cat-and-mouse game between software counterfeiters and Microsoft's own enforcement team.
Government Says Data Estimating Piracy Losses is UnsubstantiatedA yearlong study on the effects of piracy and counterfeiting on the U.S. economy has led the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to this conclusion: it's difficult, if not impossible, to quantify the economy-wide impact.
Unlicensed software cost European businesses over $16 millionUnlicensed software has cost European businesses over $16 million in 2009 as a result of legal action by the Business Software Alliance (BSA).
Third Of Brits Happy To Use Pirated SoftwarePirated software is becoming institutionalised, according to Microsoft, despite obvious security risks to the enterprise
Take control with software asset managementFor most, software asset management (SAM) starts with the aim of establishing an organisation's software licence compliance status
35 countries could be monitored for piracyCopyright holders in the US have called for 35 countries to be put on a watch list for piracy and counterfeit activities and have singled out 10 for priority action.
Shop the boss and make £10,000IT staff made redundant or snubbed for a pay rise are taking revenge by spilling the beans on piracy
Licensing in virtual systems still making us illConfusion reigns in the world of the blind
Fasthosts reveals half of web designers work with unlicensed softwareFasthosts Internet Ltd, a leading web hosting provider, has released new research which reveals that a large number of web professionals are using unlicensed or pirated software to create websites.
Are you sure you're not a pirate?It is alarmingly easy for an IT leader to unwittingly exceed the scope of a software licence, and the chances of being caught out have never been greater.
Software audits rise as recession bites vendors Companies saw an increase in licence auditing last year, as the recession prompted software vendors to crack down on compliance, according to analysis firm Forrester.
BSA nabs first unlicensed user of 2010The Business Software Alliance (BSA) has caught up with a West Midlands-based firm discovered allegedly using unlicensed Microsoft and Adobe software
BreakAway settles piracy complaint Gaming software developer BreakAway has agreed to pay $75 000 to settle a complaint by the Business Software Alliance that it was using unlicensed copies of Adobe and Microsoft products
$540,000 Judgment Awarded in Software Counterfeiting CaseBSA award one of the largest to date
Microsoft takes resellers caught with fake software to court Microsoft Qatar has filed criminal complaints against re-sellers here caught with pirated software during a recent crackdown
BSA doubles whistleblower reward£20,000 reward now on offer for London workers who shop their bosses
Court fines man $210,000 for selling software copiesA U.S. judge has ordered a Delaware man who sold copies of software packages on an Internet auction site to pay $210,563 in damages and court costs
BSA catches unlicensed quartetIndustry software body takes legal action against four manufacturing companies
