A new study from BSA and INSEAD, one of the world’s leading business schools, finds that increasing the amount of properly licensed software in use globally by 1 percent would add an estimated $73 billion to the world economy, compared to $20 billion from pirated software — meaning there is a $53 billion advantage associated with using licensed software.
BSA welcomes an amendment adopted in the US Senate Judiciary Committee to improve immigration-reform legislation (S. 744) by ensuring that temporary visa programs protect American workers while enabling greater access to critically needed talent and skills from abroad.
BSA | The Software Alliance today applauded Rep. Ted Deutch (D-Fla.) for introducing the End Anonymous Patents Act (H.R. 2024) in the US House of Representatives.
BSA | The Software Alliance today commended the House Judiciary Committee for initiating a constructive dialogue aimed at identifying possible areas of reform of US copyright law in a hearing before the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet.
BSA | The Software Alliance, the leading global advocate for the software industry, today announced a settlement with Sunetric, a Hawaii-based solar integrator, for $115,000 to settle legal claims that it had unlicensed copies of Apple, Autodesk, Microsoft, and Symantec software installed on its computers.
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