On Mon, 3 Jan 2000, Linda Pickering <lpickering[_at_]lowenstein.com> wrote:
>
> A client has received a threatening letter from the Business Software
> Alliance alleging illegal duplication of software. Does anyone have
> any experience in dealing with them? What sort of settlements do they
> require/agree to?
In my experience (from several years ago), they will want full disclosure (in effect, a minor audit) of all copies of the covered software used, full payment of all applicable licensing fees for those copies, a written agreement not to do it again, and probably an agreement to deliver and post within the company a notice about copyright protection of software and the company's policy against infringement. They're pretty serious about this stuff.
Howard Zaharoff, Esq.
Morse, Barnes-Brown & Pendleton, P.C.
1601 Trapelo Road
Reservoir Place
Waltham, MA 02451
(781) 622-5930 x237
(781) 622-5933 fax
email: hgz[_at_]mbbp.com
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