It happens in very large companies all the time. I'd hate to know how much is spent here just in trying to track what software packages are loaded onto computers. All sorts of big brother packages are running to scan peoples machines and log the information and I would still bet anything that there is a ton of incorrectly licensed software packages out there. This is a huge problem for many companies both small and large. After all how can you know that the copy of Photoshop that Bob is running is not a illegal copy vs something he bought at CompUSA and just loaded at work vs bought through the proper channels(vendor system at work).
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