Following the recent launch of its 'software detox' initiative, the Business Software Alliance (BSA) has played down concerns that businesses which complete the BSA's Software Audit Return will find themselves facing legal action if it emerges that they are not software compliant.
Recent research conducted on behalf of the international software industry body revealed that 32% of the organisations questioned were not software compliant, or did not know whether the software that they were using had been illegally copied or downloaded.
Given the BSA's reputation for taking strong action against software piracy, many businesses are reluctant to implicate themselves by filling in the Audit Return form. However, speaking to the Out-Law news service last week, Graham Arthur, BSA legal counsel explained that:
"All information received through the audit process is kept confidential and will not be passed to our enforcement team and will not trigger legal action."
He went on to confirm that even if a firm is found to be non-compliant and refuses to address the situation, it will not be chased by the BSA unless it is independently reported to the body at a later date.
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