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• WA businesses fined over software licensing

  Two Western Australian businesses had to pay out thousands of dollars after BSA | The Software Alliance (BSA) discovered they were using unlicensed software.

• Victorian IT firm settles $72,000 case with BSA

  A Victoria IT company has paid $72,000 in damages to BSA | The Software Alliance after it was found using unlicensed Adobe and Microsoft software programs.

• BSA settles 12 software piracy cases in Australia worth $825k

  Twelve cases of illegal software usage in Australia totalling $825,000 were settled by BSA | The Software Alliance (BSA) during 2014.

• Planning and Design pays out $118k to BSA

  Planning and Design, a Victorian based architectural drafting firm, has agreed to pay BSA | The Software Alliance $118,000 in a settlement case after it emerged that the company had been using unlicensed software since 2009.

• Perth engineering firm pays out $65k for Autodesk piracy

  BSA | The Software Alliance has settled a case out of court with a Perth engineering firm that had been using unlicensed versions of Autodesk since March 2012.

• Queensland’s Wulguru Steel fined $17.5k for Autodesk piracy

  BSA | The Software Alliance has settled a software copyright breach out of court with Townsville, Queensland based steel fabrication company Wulguru Steel after it emerged that the company used unlicensed copies of Autodesk AutoCAD software.

• Melbourne recruitment firm fined $11k for Office 2007 piracy

  BSA | The Software Alliance has settled a software copyright breach case out of court with a Melbourne-based recruitment firm that used unlicensed copies of Office 2007 Enterprise.

• 59% of businesses experienced data loss from malware on unlicensed software: survey

  Almost 60 per cent of IT businesses experienced a data loss following a malware attack on unlicensed software in 2013, according to a global survey by BSA The Software Alliance.

• Telford Building Systems pays $100k in damages to BSA

  Victorian-based construction firm Telford Building Systems has paid an out of court settlement of $100,000 to BSA | The Software Alliance (BSA) after the firm used unlicensed Autodesk AutoCAD design software and Microsoft Office software.

• Denva Industries fined for using pirated Siemens software

  Denva Industries, a Melbourne-based engineering company, has been required to pay an undisclosed amount of damages for its use of unlicensed Siemens PLM NX software.

• Australian businesses cop software copyright infringement fines totalling $536k

  Sixteen cases of software pirating were settled by Business Software Alliance (BSA) in Australia last year, a marked increase from 2010 when only six cases were settled.

• Cylinder Head Innovations fined for using unlicensed Siemens software

  Cylinder Head Innovations, a Melbourne-based design and manufacturing company, has been required to pay an undisclosed amount of damages for its use of unlicensed Siemens PLM NX software.

• Trader fined $304k for selling fake Windows software

  Microsoft Australia has won a case in the Federal Circuit Court of Australia against Melbourne trader Paul McLane who produced and sold counterfeit copies of Windows and Office software.

• Cloud-based legal software the way forward: BSA

  Business Software Alliance (BSA) Australia is encouraging companies and individuals to invest in cloud-based software as a way to track compliance and save money.

• BSA Australia settles 14 cases of software piracy in 2012

  Fourteen cases of software piracy totalling $440,237 were settled in Australia, according to new statistics from the Business Software Alliance (BSA).