Dar to sue? The importance of compliance

Managing changes and maintaining secured approaches to the ever-increasing complexities of businesses are perhaps the greatest challenges for SMEs in this New Year. Also in focus and perhaps more important than ever before, concerning the competitive ability of individual market participant is the issue of costs reduction. This is because any increase in profitability through clever marketing strategies and corresponding premium-pricing policies is only possible in a few niches.

The threat of back payment for unlicensed software is of course quite unpleasant for the budget of an IT manager or the financial balance of a company. However, whoever is in a position of responsibility must act responsibly and fair: Whoever uses services for his company should remunerate for the services.

Surely, anyone who offers or uses his own services or goods for his own customers would like to be fairly compensated.

Are electronic goods common properties? A piece of music from a server, a downloaded software from some pirate servers, a copy of a brilliant technological idea stolen from an engineer in France, only to be offered cheaply in China for execution?

The examples show that copyright is often a question of perspective; meaning if somebody is a creator or just a freeloader.

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The search for legality and a delineated framework for action is same for all business entities. No one likes to do business where there is no legal security. This search for legal framework leads eventually to the accomplishment of the maxim of software legality; the compliance.

Business entities that act legally and are compliant will benefit on the long run. Market companions, who are not compliant and try to cheat, will inevitably have themselves excluded and stranded sometimes and somewhere.

„Licensing is not something to just look through!” The issue of Licensing can be complicated indeed. However, should this be an obstacle for a successful businesswoman or really an issue for a creative Entrepreneur not to act legally, not to be compliant?

As „your trusted advisor“, SAM consulting will show you a secure and easy path through the thicket of software licensing. Please contact us, if you have any further questions.

Therefore, you will not have to face the risks of suing and your company will remain on a safe course.

Written by Andreas Pichler, SAM consulting GbR