Software and Information Industry Association
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The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) is a United States based software trade association. The organization lobbies United States policy makers as well as conducting surveys and research and many conferences and webcasts.
The SIIA's activities pertain to government relations, business development, corporate education and intellectual property protection to companies that produce and deliver software and content products and services.
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. The campaign combines enforcement with education, and encourages member firms to develop methods of prevention. The Anti-Piracy division is well known for its 1992 advertising campaign Don't Copy That Floppy
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, open source software development and mobile applications. The division has 4 active groups including Channels, Legal, Marketing and ISVs. The groups are chaired by industry executives including Nick Blozan, Axel Schultze, Jan Sysmans and Ken Boasso
The SIIA's activities pertain to government relations, business development, corporate education and intellectual property protection to companies that produce and deliver software and content products and services.
History
The Software Publishers Association (SPA) was founded in 1984 by Ken Wasch. The original purpose was to provide its two dozen software publisher members representation with policy makers. The membership later grew to a thousand small companies, and in 1999 it was merged with the Information Industry Association (IIA) to form the Software & Information Industry Association.Organization
The SIIA consists of six divisions. Public Policy, Anti-piracy, Software, Content, Education, and Financial Information Services. In addition, the SIIA promotes industry products and services through the annual Codie awardsCodie awards
The CODiE awards are annual awards issued by the Software and Information Industry Association for excellence in software development within the software industry....
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Anti-Piracy Division
The SIIA's Anti-Piracy Division conducts an industry-wide campaign to fight software and content copyright infringementCopyright infringement
Copyright infringement is the unauthorized or prohibited use of works under copyright, infringing the copyright holder's exclusive rights, such as the right to reproduce or perform the copyrighted work, or to make derivative works.- "Piracy" :...
. The campaign combines enforcement with education, and encourages member firms to develop methods of prevention. The Anti-Piracy division is well known for its 1992 advertising campaign Don't Copy That Floppy
Don't Copy That Floppy
Don’t Copy That Floppy was an anti-copyright infringement campaign run by the Software Publishers Association beginning in 1992. The video for the campaign, starring M. E. Hart as “MC Double Def DP,” was filmed at Cardozo High School in Washington, D.C...
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Content Division
The Content Division of the SIIA provides a forum for companies that are in the business of publishing and distributing online content, or whose products facilitate distribution of information products. The division works with emerging issues and produces deliverables of special interest to members of the division.Financial Information Services Division
The Financial Information Services Division (FISD) of the SIIA provides a forum for exchanges, market data vendors, specialist data providers, brokerage firms and banks on distribution, management, administration and use of market data. The FISD was founded in 1985 and is governed by a 27-member Executive Committee of exchanges, vendors and market data user firms.Software Division
The Software Division provides a forum for companies developing applications, services, infrastructure and tools. Activities focus on several topics annually and now include Software as a ServiceSoftware as a Service
Software as a service , sometimes referred to as "on-demand software," is a software delivery model in which software and its associated data are hosted centrally and are typically accessed by users using a thin client, normally using a web browser over the Internet.SaaS has become a common...
, open source software development and mobile applications. The division has 4 active groups including Channels, Legal, Marketing and ISVs. The groups are chaired by industry executives including Nick Blozan, Axel Schultze, Jan Sysmans and Ken Boasso