The Business Software Alliance (BSA) announced last Wednesday that over the past five years, it has collected around £1.8 million in fines from UK businesses using illegal software.
Speaking to the UK media with regard to the figures, Siobhan Carroll, the Alliance's regional manager for Northern Europe observed that:
"We realise that most companies try and operate legally, but the failure to devote time, resources and budget all contribute to ineffective software asset management. However, neither this, nor the emergence of new business compliance regulations justify pushing software licensing down the compliance agenda."
Graham Arthur, legal advisor to the BSA, additionally explained that:
"This is not about accidental breaches in software compliance. Many of the companies that settled with the BSA last year had conducted software audits and knew they were under licensed, but didn't go the next step and legalise."
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