One of the best lessons you learn as a parent is to “pick your battles.” You only have so much energy and (emotional) capital to spend so it is important to make sure the battle is on a significant issue and that the outcome will yield positive (hopefully long term) results. Do I care that my [...]
Are your customers using more licenses than allowed under the terms of their license agreement? Are there companies using pirated versions of your software? Just like chess, you need to make the right moves and think ahead to win these battles. Your next move depends where you are on “the board.” We have described software [...]
Despite living in an era of social media (where there are seemingly more ways of sharing information than there are people), I’m amazed by how little substantive conversation there is on the topic of license compliance. Of course, there is plenty of discussion about software piracy – unfortunately for software vendors, the vast majority of [...]
I came across some interesting data in the SIIA Anti-Piracy 2011 Year in Review: SIIA received 197 reportsof alleged corporate software piracy in 2011 Of the 197 reports, 46 (23%) were judged sufficiently reliable to pursue (under SIIA’s conservative approach) Most corporate cases pursued by SIIA represent mid-sized companies – the average number of employees [...]
The best defense is a good offense: there is no better way to protect your intellectual property than by enforcing your rights with companies that are misusing your software.
V.i. Labs hosted a license compliance panel discussion on "Best Practices for Generating, Investigating and Converting License Compliance Opportunities" featuring guest speakers from Dassault Systèmes, Sullivan & Worcester, and Software Compliance Group.
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The 2011 BSA Global Software Piracy Study claims a $63 billion global piracy problem with 57% of users admitting they pirate software, but enforcement techniques like whistle blower campaigns and take down notices can yield bad PR. Software Intelligence solutions enable vendors to shine a light on what the BSA calls the “shadow market” by [...]
Read MoreV.i. Labs’ top customers have identified more than $2.4 billion in revenue recovery opportunity since deploying CodeArmor® Intelligence; a sample of customers sharing results have reported gains of new license revenue of more than $100 million since 2011 using software intelligence data.
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