Proving Ownership Of Underlying Licenses For Adobe Upgrades In Software Audits

Software publisher Adobe Systems Inc. actively investigates its existing customers to determine whether each customer has properly licensed Adobe software, or is committing copyright infringement. Adobe often pursues its customers directly, but sometimes grants a power of attorney for BSA| The Software Alliance to pursue copyright infringement claims on its behalf. In each instance, Adobe requires its customers to prove ownership for each and every license for all copies of Adobe products installed on a customer's computers, or face harsh monetary penalties.

Adobe license terms often change as each new product is released, which means that the way a customer may have previously been licensing software is no longer valid.