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The Business Software Association makes on average one raid per day! How long before they knock on your door?

It is really tempting to cut corners and use pirated software that you can easily find in various cities of Asia, but is it worth the risk? And even if nobody intends to use illegal software, a lost original CD can be easily replaced by a copy, however even if you have a legal sticker on your computer, having replaced the original software with a pirated one makes you a pirate, and you are at risk of heavy fines and embarrassment.

What should you do about the risk of pirated software used in your organisation?

• Keep an inventory of software licenses, we can automate this for you
• Perform an Audit to on the software installed
• Perform regular checks on all computers for installed software

If you do have illegal software, please act immediately

• This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it so we can apply in your name for a moratorium to the BSA and buy you time to get software legalized. You will be given between 3-6 months to clear up your illegal software, with no risks of being raided. In other words, you contact the BSA before the BSA contacts you!
• Use Open source licenses if you can't afford being legal on all your PCs

Read an article about a company getting busted by the BSA and how embarrassing and expensive it was.

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