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Model memorandum outlining a policy for school districts to prevent software piracy. Memorandum includes policy, description of costs of noncompliance, and disciplinary action in pursuit of violation of the policy. 3 references. jvSftLiM.rtf
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faculty, staff and students at this school for the purpose of outlining specific guidelines for compliance with the use of software on school computers.
The basis of this policy is that software piracy is illegal and extremely costly. In 2001, The Metropolitan Education District in San Jose, California paid out $50,000 to
settle a case brought by the Business Software Alliance (BSA). The BSA represents large U.S. software manufacturers and acts as a watchdog in identifying software licensing fraud. After an audit
of the school district, similar to the audits performed at this institution, the BSA found the Metropolitan Education District in violation of using unlicensed copies of Adobe, Macromedia and Microsoft
software programs. In other words, the district had several legal copies of these programs, but they were copied onto numerous computers. This is illegal for these products. The software license
agreements specifically state that only one copy can be in use by one user at one time. The contracts do not allow for multiple users over multiple systems.
As this indicates, it is illegal to have any unlicensed software applications on your computer as both employees and students of this institution. Though it
may be legal to have multiple copies of Open Source software, or freeware/shareware on your system, depending on the related software licensing agreement, you will be held personally, financially and
legally accountable for any costs associated with harboring pirated, distributing or unlicensed copies of any software application or any other violation of a software license agreement of any software application
found on any school computer. Violation of a software license agreement is a Third Degree Felony and you will be prosecuted to
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