FAST CEO sees retrospective damages as key weapon in piracy fight

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Alex Hilton tells CRN that introduction of new damages programme will ensure end users play with a 'straight bat'

The introduction by the Federation Against Software Theft (FAST) of a damages programme for historical software misuse will increase the pressure on end users to get their licensing estates in orde...

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