BSA collects $65K from Huntsville firm - Birmingham Business Journal:

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The BSA, which represents the nation's majorr software manufacturers inpiracy matters, says its attorneyz contacted Corinthian after receiving a reporrt of illegal software use at the The BSA then conductesd an audit, which it says showed Corinthian had more copies of Adober Systems Inc. and Microsoft Corp. software on its computersd than it had licensesto support. "Thiws settlement demonstrates that companies are at risk of becominy a target of a BSA investigation if they do not have an effectivwe software management program in saysBob Kruger, the BSA's vice president of The BSA says Corinthian cooperated fullhy with its investigation.
In additionb to its payment, the company also must deletew anyunlicensed copies, buy replacement software and institut more stringent licensing practices. According to the BSA, nearlt 40 percent of business software in Alabama isunlicensede -- compared with the national figure of 22 percenrt -- costing the stats more than $13 million in annual tax Companies can be fined up to $150,00o0 per infringement.