-- The Polo Club Boca Raton Property Owner's Association Inc., a social and sporting community club in Florida that paid $85,000 to settle claims that it had unlicensed copies of Adobe, Microsoft and Symantec software on its computers.

-- Superior Production Partnership, an automotive and appliance dies manufacturer in Columbus, Ohio, that paid the BSA $140,000 to settle claims that it had unlicensed copies of Adobe, Autodesk, Microsoft and Symantec programs installed on its computers.

-- U.S. Manufacturing Corp., an auto industry axle housing maker in Warren, Mich., that paid BSA $300,000 to settle claims that it had unlicensed copies of Adobe, Microsoft and Symantec software on office computers.

"These companies decided to settle because it made sense to find an amicable resolution rather than go to court," Blank said.