Registrant : Organisation or self-employed individual
| Name/company name: |
BSA | The Software Alliance |
| Acronym: |
BSA
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| Legal status: |
Non- profit Organisation
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| Website address: |
http://www.bsa.org
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Sections
| Section: |
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/professional associations |
| and more precisely: |
Trade, business & professional associations |
Person with legal responsibility
| Surname, Name: |
Mr
Robert Holleyman
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| Position: |
President & CEO |
Permanent person in charge of EU relations
| Surname, Name: |
Mr
Thomas Boué
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| Position: |
Director, Government Affairs, EMEA |
Contact details:
| Contact details of organisation's head office: |
20 F Street, NW Suite 800
Washington, DC 20001
UNITED STATES
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| Telephone number: |
(+001) 202 872 5500 |
| Fax number: |
(+) |
| Other contact information: |
Other contact information:
Thomas Boué
Director for Government Affairs EMEA
44 Avenue des Arts
1000 Brussels
+ 32 2 274 13 15
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Goals / remit
| Goals / remit of the organisation: |
BSA | The Software Alliance is the voice of the world's software industry and its hardware partners on a wide range of business and policy affairs. BSA’s mission is to promote conditions in which the information technology (IT) industry can thrive and contribute to the prosperity, security, and quality of life of all people.
Most of BSA policy, legal, and educational efforts are led and conducted at the national level, with a growing emphasis on emerging economies. BSA is active in 88 countries. BSA’s European policy work is focused on a number of areas which include Copyright and Intellectual Property, Security and Cybercrime, Piracy and Enforcement, Trade and E-Commerce. In Europe the BSA government affairs and public policy program provides the following specific member services:
•Provide strategic advice to BSA member companies on public policy and legal developments affecting the IT/software industry in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, notably on intellectual property protection and sector-specific technology and IT competiveness issues.
•Develop sound government affairs and advocacy initiatives promoting the objectives of the BSA members
•Work with the media to increase public support of the IT sector, including to promote the value of Intellectual Property
•Reach out to EU policy makers and support, as appropriate, public policy initiatives, advocacy platforms and other alliances involving BSA members together with EU policy makers and key industry players
BSA public policy activites are developed and implemented on the basis of a consensus-based decision process involving all BSA member companies approach
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The organisation's fields of interests are:
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Number of persons engaged in activities falling under the scope of the Transparency Register
| Number of persons: |
3
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Complementary information:
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Persons accredited for access to European Parliament premises
| First name
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Surname
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Start Date |
End Date |
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Philip
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EDER-LEVACHER
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27/10/12
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15/10/13
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Thomas
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BOUE
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30/10/12
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15/10/13
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Activities
Main EU initiatives covered the year before by activities falling under the scope of the Transparency Register:
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i2010;
e-Inclusion;
IPR;
Copyright;
Counterfeiting;
Private copyright levies;
Software liability & consumer acquis;
Digital Rights Charta;
eGovernment;
Interoperability;
Public Procurement;
Critical infrastructure protection;
Telecommunication;
Trade policy;
Data Privacy;
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Fields of interest for e-mail alerts on consultations and roadmaps;
| Fields declared by the organisation: |
- Audiovisual and Media
- Competition
- Consumer Affairs
- Culture
- Customs
- Enterprise
- Home Affairs
- Information Society
- Internal Market
- Justice and Fundamental Rights
- Research and Technology
- Taxation
- Trade
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Networking
Information on (i) organisation's membership of any associations/federations/confederations or (ii) relationships to other bodies in formal or informal networks.
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European Internet Foundation (EIF)
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Financial data
| Financial year: |
01/2012
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01/2013
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Estimated costs to the organisation directly related to representing interests to EU institutions in that year:
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300000
€ - 350000
€
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Amount and source of funding received from the EU institutions in financial year n-1 of registration
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Procurement:
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0 €
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Grants:
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0 €
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Other (financial) information provided by the organisation:
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Cost of BSA Global Annual Studies (Piracy, IT Competiveness Index and IDC Piracy Economic Impact) sponsored by BSA (US) are not included in the above calculation
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