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I think you should advise your boss to ask for legal advice from a lawyer and not a computer administrator. Would trust a lawyer to manage a computer system? Cheers, Tom On 9/10/10 5:11 PM, Aldrich, Dak wrote: > Good evening. > > I’m in need of some documentation. I have been asked to produce > documentation on the responsibilities of the College IT Department vs. > the End User in the case of a software license audit. > > If illegal software is found on the machines, who is ultimately > responsible? Who is the law going to come after? The end user that > installed it? Or the department that didn’t properly ensure that their > machines contained ONLY legal software? > > My immediate thought would be that the end user would be held > responsible. However, I don’t know for sure. My boss has requested > physical documentation to this matter. > > Up until recently, we did not have any agreement signed by users. We now > have one that states they will not install illegal or unlicensed > software. Does that actually, however, remove any responsibility from > the College, should the faculty pirate software? > > Thanks for any documentation that anyone can point me at! > > Thanks! > > -dak aldrich > -college of music > [log in to unmask] This message is only for the intended recipient(s). If you > are not the named recipient you should not read, distribute or copy this > email. Any views or opinions expressed in this email are those of the > author and do not represent those of Michigan State University or the > College of Music. Any information obtained from or contained in these > emails is confidential. No information will be shared or given to any > persons outside of the appropriate department(s).