Zepofan used our newssubmit to tell us thar a company called Norson Services was fined £12,000 after anonymous tip-off to BSA.
The company is the latest in a string of high-profile names, including House of Fraser and WHSmith Online, to be busted by software piracy policing body Business Software Alliance (BSA).
An individual reported the company to the BSA's anti-piracy hotline and an audit found Norson Services to be using unlicensed copies of Adobe, Autodesk and Microsoft software. |
Bill Bell, managing director of Norson Services, admitted that the company had been lax about updating its licences.
"Rapid growth and a change in corporate structure meant that our licensing arrangements weren't given the priority they deserved," he said.
"Having worked with the BSA to rectify the situation, we can now say that we're fully licensed and have set up good software asset management practices.
"We shall remain vigilant and will be conducting regular checks on our software to avoid a replay of this situation."
Source: Vnutnet.com
