Anti Piract Group Drains $350K from California Economy
The Business Technology Consumer Network
could easily have helped this company avoid, or at the least minimize,
the impact of this punitive audit. Nothing to buy - no new software or
hardware - no new consultants to hire. Just a simple application of
POCS:
Plain Old Common Sense...
When it comes to violating the complex terms and conditions of a
software license, American enterprises better watch their Ts&Cs! It
makes little difference whether your violation is the result of a
simple mistake, or the end of the line in a serious copyright
duplication effort, you are going to pay the big software piracy bucks.
The reality is that ANY company that uses computers (or other devices)
in their operations can become an enforcement agency audit target. The
truly sad reality is that you could have prevented, or seriously
minimized, this type of costly audit by implementing a a simple,
cost-effective, software asset management initiative.
Software Anti Piracy Caution:
There is rarely such a thing as a SINGLE software license violation
audit. Any enterprise confronted for piracy or non compliance can
expect follow-up audits at anytime for as long as five years. These
follow-up audits may be conducted by the same enforcement as the
original audit, OR an entirely new range of copyright enforcement
audits may be initiated by additional copyright holders and their
friends. Frequently, we see BOTH...
The companies mentioned in this
release lost an estimated $1,000,000 in precious corporate revenue
because they failed to effectively monitor copyright protected software
products. These enterprises could each have brought the so-called software
police to their knees with less than $15,000 invested in
effective--proactive--software license management techniques.
If you are interested in building a
serious wall of due diligence between you, your company, even your
kids and the predatory copyright audit enforcement groups, read up on
some of the strategies & tactics HERE.
