business software alliance (BSA)

The Business Software Alliance(BSA) is a global alliance that works to ensure the legal use of software and prosecutes unauthorized use and piracy.

It is a non-profit organization that supports software and hardware companies in their efforts to ensure that digital information, software or applications are used in compliance with the law.

The Business Software Alliance seeks to protect copyright, patents, privacy and other technologies and to create a barrier-free international market. These goals are also pursued at the political level.