Business Software Alliance..promoting future innovation for the commercial software industry and its hardware partners through education and policy initiatives on copyrights, patents, cyber security, trade and e-commerce.
BSA and its members believe that strong intellectual property protections for software are essential to ensure continued software innovation and economic growth. Intellectual property is a source of economic value to individuals, companies and governments alike. The software industry in particular has long relied on strong intellectual property protections including copyright laws to enable authors to protect their original works of authorship against copying by others. more>>
The protection afforded by patents ensures that inventors are able to recover their investment in research and product development and can be compensated for the use of their inventions by others. An over-burden patent system can lead to questionable patents and encourage litigation. Meeting these challenges will require concrete steps to improve the patent system, the fundamentals of which serve as the solid foundation for promoting technological advances across the range of high technology and other industries. more>>
As builders of the products that power and protect the world's information networks, BSA members are committed to developing a safe and legal online world through market-driven security systems and standards. more>>
The remarkable changes of the past 30 years occurred because the conditions were right for an innovation boom. Today's environment is similarly ripe for rapid innovation. commercial. The commercial software industry has created a healthy, diverse marketplace that generates millions of jobs and billions of dollars in tax revenues around the world that fund critical public services like education and law enforcement. more>>
Free trade is critical to ensuring that e-commerce continues to develop smoothly and that U.S. technology companies retain their global leadership. More than half of the U.S. software industry’s revenue comes from overseas. more>>
