What is the Authentic eFilm Program?
It allows our valued customers to ensure that the software licenses being used are legal and up to date to help ensure quality patient care. Users of eFilm who are not currently customers and are not in compliance are provided sufficient time to get their licensing up to date without penalty. Charitable organizations can be offered additional consideration.
Software piracy in healthcare can be serious because it has the potential to impact the health and well-being of patients. eFilm Workstation is a FDA Class II Medical Device and is tested to work within specified environments with the latest updates from Merge. Those who have obtained the software illegally, are likely not going to receive necessary updates to the software if they have received the software from unapproved sources.
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Key Dates
October 7th - eFilm Amnesty program launched worldwide
December 31st - Due Date for Amnesty forms to be sent to Merge Healthcare
| January 1st, 2009 - Merge Healthcare will utilize its membership in the SIIA to have SIIA to pursue those organizations and individuals who continue to use non-validated or pirated software. The SIIA offers a reward program and receives reports of software piracy on a regular basis. They will pursue and collect 3 times the value of each pirated license. In the case of eFilm annual licenses, it is at least $2,850 for each offending software installation plus the purchase of a new license to become current with licensing. |  |
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Ensuring Compliance
Not sure if your organization is in compliance? Click here to check online your license key. Additional instructions will be provided with this online tool.
Do you know of any eFilm software piracy?
Please contact us via email or if you prefer, submit a contact us form with details. We will work with organizations during this amnesty period to ensure that they can come into compliance accordingly.
To report software being illegally used within an organization of any kind. SIIA offers rewards up to $1 million to individuals who report verifiable corporate end-user piracy cases to SIIA's Anti-Piracy team. This team will pursue these organizations after January 1st, 2009 on behalf of Merge Healthcare.
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