You posted a job posting looking for a CAD technician and when Autodesk looked up your company they did not find any licensed registered software.
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This is another way that can come up during the audit process. As copyright counsel, I might be told “ask your client about their use of “ crack codes” or “ key generators” to access our products.” This is a not-so-subtle “hint” that Autodesk might have knowledge of downloading illegal software on P2P (peer-to-peer) files sharing websites like bittorren and may involve illegal software cracking tools. These cases are seen as very serious to any software company that is pursuing an investigation, and depending on the levels of infringement, there are possible criminal copyright implications that can arise, and a possible referral to federal authorities. In most cases, however, the alleged copyright infringement can be resolved CONFIDENTIALLY and civilly without resort to United States Attorney General’s office, the FBI, CIA, Postmaster General or other federal legal authorities.
Someone at your company illegally downloaded software on file sharing websites such as Bittorrent or Kickass Torrens and used “crack codes” or “crack tools” to access their products This I would say has to be the number one way Autodesk might learn of software piracy, in my opinion. So many of the copyright cases I handle deal with a recent firing of CFO, CIO, employee, or IT director, (sometimes when the company fights unemployment insurance claims), or other type of “whistleblower” cases where someone has first hand personal knowledge of the servers, networks and computers within a company, and felt then need to report illegal usage by a various departments of an architect, engineering or design firm.Īs a software attorney, we try to find out what the “ source of the audit” is, although pursuant to both the software alliance (BSA) and the SIIA policies, these trade organizations will guard this information closely and not reveal the name or identity of the informant unless the case goes to litigation. Autodesk has a similar policy of NOT DISCLOSING INFORMANT INFORMATION or the substance of any reports or declarations they may have received. Nevertheless, we know this is one of the main ways they will find our your business is using unlicensed software.Ĭlick here to see one software alliance anti-piracy advertisement I ran across touting informant rewards up to one million dollars. Naturally, ads like these will draw some interest from those employees who have "one foot out the door" and suspect corporate widespread piracy. An “informant” told them your business is not properly licensed. This is not an exclusive list, but these are some of the top theories we have explored in my experience as a software licensing lawyer having helped many different types of companies across the United States in licensing audits with Microsoft, BSA, SIIA and other vendors, and with Autodesk audits initiated by the Donahue Fitzgerald LLP law firm that handles many of these cases.
Here are some of the top ways that I believe Autodesk might have found out that your company is or was using software illegally without the proper licensing proof for each copy installed.
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Did you recently receive a demand letter from a law firm asking you to submit to a voluntary software audit of your company’s computers, servers and laptops? If so, like many companies’ you may be asking “ how did they figure this out.” This is a question just about every company asks me when they call for a free initial consultation.
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