5Nov
A Chief Information Officer’s Guide to Mitigating Costs Amid Software Copyright Disputes and Audits
At this stage, if your company has not faced a software audit, you are probably on borrowed time. Many software publishers are initiating software audits using their in-house compliance teams instead of outsourcing to law...
2Nov
CIOs and CTOs: Bad Advice That Can Get You Sued for Software Copyright Infringement
Previously, I wrote an article about poor advice that can get you sued for copyright infringement in software audits. While some of the main auditors have changed, the advice has not. The following is the...
26Oct
When Outside Counsel Is Worth the Cost: Software Copyright Infringement
Companies are sometimes fielding multiple software audit demands from multiple software vendors simultaneously, which can significantly impact in-house counsel. Software audits may be initiated by publishers or through outside entities such as BSA | The...
22Oct
Top Tips for Post-Audit Software Remediation
Responding to a software audit can be an arduous, expensive, and time-consuming process for a company. The remediation process to close compliance gaps may vary slightly depending on whether the audit is initiated the software...
12Oct
Software-Audit Compliance Demands Often Include “Fuzzy Math”
In defending against software audits initiated by publishers such as Microsoft or IBM, many businesses make the mistake of assuming that those publishers or their designated auditors know what they are talking about when it...
10Sep
Compliance Remains a Concern Even in the Cloud
For many businesses, the allure of moving their software platforms, applications and/or databases to The Cloud lies substantially in the promise of ridding themselves of license-compliance concerns. The pitfalls of a Cloud-based architecture are worth...
