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Member Testimonials
Phoenix Software Limited
"Phoenix Software is committed to working with organisations who are as dedicated in driving the adoption of best practice SAM and therefore very much values its working relationship with FAST IiS. Our membership and association with this organisation is vital and enables us to remain well informed and up to date."
Sean Robinson, Associate Director
Webroot Limited
"Webroot values the work FAST provides in ensuring businesses are advised on compliance, licensing and best practice and supporting and acting on behalf of vendors seeking to ensure a correctly licensed user base. We are proud to be a FAST supporter from the vendor community."
George Anderson, Programme Manager
Ordnance Survey
"Ordnance Survey has been a longstanding member of FAST and has benefited from invaluable advice about protecting intellectual property and reducing the unlicensed use of mapping data"
Matthew Lawrence, Marketing Communications Manager
Primal Pictures Limited
"Primal Pictures works with FAST who help us protect our 3D anatomy software and images against illicit file sharing, illegal downloading, piracy web sites; all harmful copyright infringement. FAST are always quick to act on our behalf with takedown notices and on other piracy projects with great success."
Peter Allen, Managing Director
Certero Limited
"FAST IiS provides knowledge and expertise allowing us to better understand the SAM issues organisations today are facing. This creates a positive impact on the products and services we are able to provide our customers"
John Lunt, Managing Director , Certero
Palmer Biggs Legal
"We are a member of FAST as we welcome being in touch with its activities which are always at the cutting edge of all legal and industry practice developments."
Dawn Osborne, Partner
FAST IiS is a trusted advisor to government on issues related to software intellectual property concerns in the digital age, and are also recognized as a market leading authority for information and guidance to businesses with a focus on championing the effective management of software assets and optimizing user investment in software licences
Our objectives are:
- Driving down the illegitimate use of software and ensuring fair value is obtained by software publishers
- Raising standards of professionalism and accountability for software use and management by end users
- Promoting clarity and transparency between these communities to crystallize their values and obligations to each other
Through our educational events and publications, we provide a platform for members to market and share their expertise with end user companies across a wide range of industries interested in improving their compliance and SAM processes. We lobby government and policy makers to ensure that law and public policy reform continually improves the legal framework that protects the IP rights of software publishers and sustains innovation and market competitiveness.
Below we have featured the range of membership options and benefits available. The FAST IiS membership fee model is determined by the annual turnover of the company applying. For more information, please contact Breda O'Shea on 0845 521 8630 or email info@fastiis.org. As a not for profit organization, all membership fees are invested in our activities on behalf of the industry.
