Why would you wait and hope that software piracy leads come to you, instead of using modern methods of aggressively tracking and pursuing companies illegally using your software?
Most of you are probably familiar with the expression, “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” Stated more simply: make something sweet out of something sour. Even better, take a lesson from the kids in your neighborhood and sell the lemonade to increase your revenues from something sour.
ComputerWeekly had an article on the long-term effects of software piracy on the UK economy yesterday that raised an issue that ISVs sometimes overlook: “Because the software is not genuine, suppliers are unable to replace or fix faulty products, and pirated software typically includes malicious code that causes problems.” Recovering revenue lost to unlicensed 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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