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March 25th 2010

NJ Automotive Dealer Pays Over $97,200 to Settle Claims of Unlicensed Software Use

WASHINGTON, March 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Business Software Alliance (BSA), the voice of the world's commercial software industry, today announced a settlement with Pine Belt Automotive, Inc.of Toms River, NJ. Pine Belt Auto paid $97,218 to BSA to settle claims that it had unlicensed copies of Microsoft and Symantec software installed on its computers. As part of the settlement agreement, the company agreed to delete all unlicensed copies of software from its computers, acquire any licenses necessary to become compliant, and commit to implementing stronger software asset management (SAM) practices. BSA was alerted to the unlicensed software use by a confidential report made on its web site www.nopiracy.com.

Pine Belt Automotive is a family of Dealerships in the NJ area that has been operating for over 24 years. The company deals in several major automotive brands.

"Pine Belt Automotive had started an internal compliance program several months before it was notified of the BSA claims and worked fully with BSA in resolving issues of unlicensed software use," said Ernie Marino, Operations Manager of the company. "Performing the software audit allowed us to maximize our IT efficiency and helped us to protect our own software assets."

"All businesses need to be certain they have adequate licenses for all software installed on their computers," said Jenny Blank, BSA's Senior Director of Legal Affairs. "Proper software asset management helps to maximize a company's IT investment and ensure the highest level of software security. Unfortunately, the use of unlicensed software is a significant issue that impacts the technology industry and ultimately jeopardizes the spirit of innovation and creativity that is so critical to success."

Link: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/nj-automotive-dealer-pays-over-97200-to-settle-claims-of-unlicensed-software-use-88814952.html

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December 15th 2009

Automotive Dealership News

AMT Datasouth Introduces the Accel 7350 SDM Printer:

New Rugged Serial Dot Matrix Printer for Heavy Duty Use in Printing Multipart Forms

CAMARILLO, Calif., Dec. 15 /PRNewswire/ --

AMT Datasouth Corporation is pleased to introduce its new Accel 7350 serial-dot-matrix (SDM) printer. The Accel 7350 features the latest technology in motors, drivers and electronics. The Accel 7350 is the successor to the very successful Accel 6300 series printer. The Accel 7350 sets a new standard for best-in-class heavy-duty SDM printers.

The Accel 7350 was designed for multipart forms printing of both form-sets and tractor-fed formats. The Accel 7350 features a long life 24 pin head that prints an original and up to six copies at up to 600 cps, in a flat-bed straight through print station. Standard features include auto forms alignment of cut forms and tractor feeding from the front or back of the printer. Tractor fed forms can be torn off with no forms wasted and auto alignment assures easy loading of sheet form sets.

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http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/amt-datasouth-introduces-the-accel-7350-sdm-printer-new-rugged-serial-dot-matrix-printer-for-heavy-duty-use-in-printing-multipart-forms-79363847.html

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