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Line 5: \| logo = SIIA logo.jpg \| abbreviation = SIIA ~~\| motto = Accelerating Innovation in Technology, Data & Media~~ \| formation = 1984 \| type = Line 24 ⟶ 23: }} The '''Software and Information Industry Association''' (SIIA) is a [[trade association]] dedicated to the entertainment, consumer and [[business software]] industries. Established in 1984 as the '''Software Publishers Association''' (SPA),<ref name=folio>{{cite web \| archive-url=https://archive.today/20181026155232/https://www.foliomag.com/abm-merge-software-and-information-industry-association/\| url=https://www.foliomag.com/abm-merge-software-and-information-industry-association/ \| title=ABM to Merge With Software and Information Industry Association \| date=April 10, 2013 \| author=Silber, Tony \| archive-date=October 26, 2018 \| work=FolioMag \| url-status=live }}</ref> the SIIA took its new name when it merged with the related Information Industry Association on January 1, 1999. The joint enterprise was headed by Software Publishers Association founder Ken Wasch and operated out of the SPA's existing offices.<ref name=infotoday /> The SPA was active in lobbying, industry research and [[~~Copy_protection~~Copy protection#Anti-piracy\|anti-piracy]] efforts.,<ref name=infotoday>{{cite web \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170219180119/http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/NewsBreaks/The-SPAIIA-Merger-is-Now-Official-17988.asp \| url=http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/NewsBreaks/The-SPAIIA-Merger-is-Now-Official-17988.asp \| title=The SPA-IIA Merger is Now Official \| author=Hane, Paula J. \| date=January 25, 1999 \| work=[[Information Today]] \| archive-date=February 19, 2017 \| url-status=live }}</ref> ~~Its~~and was behind the 1992 [[Don't Copy That Floppy]] campaign.<ref name=virtualethics>{{cite web \| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308122224/https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/cyber/week/0424ethics.html \| url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/cyber/week/0424ethics.html \| title=The Struggle to Teach Virtual Ethics \| author=Stuebe, Alison \| date=April 24, 1996 \| work=[[The New York Times]] \| archivedate=March 8, 2021 \| url-status=live }}</ref> The organization's head of research, Ann Stephens, went on to found [[PC Data]] in 1991.<ref name=wapo2>{{cite news \| author=Corcoran, Elizabeth \| date=August 19, 1996 \| archive-url=https://archive.today/20180429010556/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1996/08/19/software-sales-by-the-numbers/efc88b54-dbec-404f-8344-6aa54304e67a/ \| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1996/08/19/software-sales-by-the-numbers/efc88b54-dbec-404f-8344-6aa54304e67a/ \| title=Software Sales, by the Numbers \| newspaper=[[Washington Post]] \| archive-date=April 29, 2018 \| url-status=live }}</ref> By 1995, the SPA had over 1,100 software companies in its membership<ref name=police>{{cite ~~web~~magazine \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170429064444/https://www.wired.com/1995/05/police/ \|url=https://www.wired.com/1995/05/police/ \| title=The Software Police \| date=May 1, 1995 \| author=Fryer, Bronwyn \| archive-date=April 29, 2017 \| ~~work~~magazine=[[Wired (magazine)\|Wired]] \| url-status=live }}</ref> and according to ''[[Wired (magazine)\|Wired]]'' was among "the most powerful computer-related trade groups" before its merger with the Information Industry Association.<ref name=wired>{{cite ~~web~~magazine \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181026164042/https://www.wired.com/1998/12/the-ber-it-trade-group/ \| url=https://www.wired.com/1998/12/the-ber-it-trade-group/ \| title=The Über IT Trade Group \| author=Stamper, Chris \| date=December 18, 1998 \| ~~work~~magazine=[[Wired (magazine)\|Wired]] \| archive-date=October 26, 2018 \| url-status=live }}</ref> While [[Microsoft]] became a member of the SPA in 1986, it split with the SIIA in 2000 after the group sided against Microsoft in ''[[United States v. Microsoft Corp.]]''<ref name=microsoft>{{cite web \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181026154458/https://www.computerworld.com/article/2593326/it-management/microsoft-resigns-from-siia.html \| url=https://www.computerworld.com/article/2593326/it-management/microsoft-resigns-from-siia.html \| title=Microsoft resigns from SIIA \| date=March 8, 2000 \| author=Haney, Clare \| work=[[Computerworld]] \| archive-date=October 26, 2018 \| url-status=live }}</ref> The ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'' described Microsoft as the SIIA's "largest member" before the departure.<ref name=wsj>{{cite web \| archive-url=https://archive.today/20181026155533/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB921102995545083812\| url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB921102995545083812 \| title=Free-Software Advocate Offers Remedies for Microsoft Case \| author=Foley, Mary Jo \| date=March 10, 1999 \| work=[[Wall Street Journal]] \| archive-date=October 26, 2018 \| url-status=live }}</ref> Until 1999, the Software Publishers Association hosted the SPA Annual Conference for software companies. It was renamed the InfoSoft Essentials conference in 1999.<ref name=infotoday2>{{cite web \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030303224100/http://www.infotoday.com/IT/jun99/news4.htm \|url=http://www.infotoday.com/IT/jun99/news4.htm \| title=SIIA Announces Plans for Upcoming Conference \| date=June 1999 \| work=[[Information Today]] \| volume=16 \| number=6 \| url-status=live \| archive-date=March 3, 2003 }}</ref> ==Divisions== Line 37: '''FISD''' ~ Financial & Information<br> '''SIPA''' ~ Specialized Information Publishers<br> '''SSD''' ~ Software & Services~~<br>~~ ==Advocacy== ===Don't Copy That Floppy=== {{main article\|Don't Copy That Floppy}} ''Don't Copy That Floppy'' was an anti-[[copyright infringement]] campaign run by the SPA beginning in 1992.<ref name="Edge">{{cite magazine \|title=Don't Copy That Floppy \|magazine=[[Edge (magazine)\|Edge]]\|publisher=[[Future Publishing]] \|date=December 2003 \|issue=131 \|page=91}}</ref> The video for the campaign, starring M. E. Hart as "MC Double Def DP", was filmed at [[Cardozo High School (Washington, D.C.)\|Cardozo High School]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] and produced by cooperation between the SPA, the Educational Section Anti-Piracy Committee, and the Copyright Protection Fund, in association with Vilardi Films.<ref name=video>{{cite web \|title=Don't Copy That Floppy \|via=[[YouTube]] \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=up863eQKGUI \|access-date=April 29, 2013}}</ref> The groups distributed the film for general viewing through [[VHS\|VHS tapes]] that were mailed to schools. In later years, the film became an [[internet meme]] on websites such as [[YouTube]].<ref name=WSJ>{{cite news \|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/09/08/dont-copy-that-floppy-dusts-itself-off-for-the-00s/ \| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090911073503/https://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/09/08/dont-copy-that-floppy-dusts-itself-off-for-the-00s/ \| title='Don't Copy That Floppy' Dusts Itself Off for the '00s \|newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]] \|first=Andrew \|last=LaVallee \|date=September 8, 2009 \| archivedate=September 11, 2009 \| url-status=dead }}</ref> ===~~Advocacy~~Legal cases=== {{main article\|Copyright Remedy Clarification Act}} SIIA filed briefs in [[Allen v. Cooper]], which was decided in 2020: the [[Supreme Court of the United States]] abrogated the [[Copyright Remedy Clarification Act]] as unconstitutional, SIIA had argued the opposite view.{{clarification needed\|date=May 2020}}{{citation needed\|date=May 2020}} ==~~CODiE~~ Awards ceremonies== ===CODiE Awards=== [[Image:CODiE logo.png\|right]] Beginning in 1986,<ref name=pr>{{cite press release \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919023727/https://www.siia.net/Press/SIIA-Announces-CODiE-Award-Winners-for-Software-Industry \| url=https://www.siia.net/Press/SIIA-Announces-CODiE-Award-Winners-for-Software-Industry \| title=SIIA Announces CODiE Award Winners for Software Industry \| date=May 7, 2015 \| location=[[Washington, D.C.]] \| archive-date=September 19, 2015 \| publisher=Software and Information Industry Association \| url-status=live }}</ref> the Software Publishers Association hosted the "Excellence in Software Awards" ceremony, an annual [[black tie\|black-tie]] event that ''[[The Washington Post]]'' and ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' compared to the [[Academy Awards]].<ref name=latimes>{{cite web \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151020113743/http://articles.latimes.com/1990-04-05/business/fi-740_1_software-industry \| url=http://articles.latimes.com/1990-04-05/business/fi-740_1_software-industry \| title=The Software Industry Gives Its Own 'Oscars' \| date=April 5, 1990 \| author=Magid, Lawrence J. \| work=[[Los Angeles Times]] \| archive-date=October 20, 2015 \| url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=wapo>{{cite ~~web~~news \| archive-url=https://archive.today/20181026173024/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1988/04/11/software-awards-reward-25-best-programs-of-87/375c4397-d285-414c-8411-4243520d7e36/?noredirect=on \| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1988/04/11/software-awards-reward-25-best-programs-of-87/375c4397-d285-414c-8411-4243520d7e36/?noredirect=on \| title=Software Awards Reward 25 Best Programs of '87 \| date=April 11, 1988 \| author=Magid, Lawrence J. \| ~~work~~newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] \| archive-date=October 26, 2018 \| url-status=live }}</ref> The Excellence in Software Awards were later renamed the "CODiE Awards", and are now presented by the Software and Information Industry Association.<ref name=pr /> The CODiE are awards to two broad categories: business technology and education technology. There are awards in more than 75 categories, advertised with the statement, "With a grand total of more than 75 different categories, you're sure to find several to meet your marketing/PR objectives!".<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://siia.net/codies/2013/about.asp \|title=About the Awards \|publisher=Software and Information Industry Association \|access-date=July 23, 2013 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728212112/http://www.siia.net/codies/2013/about.asp \|archive-date=July 28, 2013 }}</ref> Notable past winners include companies such as [[Adobe Systems\|Adobe]], [[BrainPOP]], [[Google]], [[Knewton]], [[McGraw-Hill Education]], [[Jigsaw (company)\|Jigsaw]], [[Netsuite]], [[Red Hat]], [[Rosetta Stone (software)\|Rosetta Stone]], [[Salesforce.com]], [[Digimind]], [[TIBCO Software\|Scribe Software]], [[Vocus (software)\|Vocus]], [[WSJ.com]], [https://codemantra.com codemantra],<ref>{{Cite web\|title=2021 Winners\|url=https://history.siia.net/codie/2021-Winners\|access-date=2021-10-18\|website=history.siia.net}}</ref> IXL Learning, [[itslearning]], and more.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.siia.net/codies/\|title=www.siia.net/codies\|access-date=11 May 2012}}</ref> ===Jesse H. Neal Awards=== The Jesse H. Neal Awards were created in 1955 for editorial excellence in business Media and named after Jesse H. Neal, Connectiv's first managing director. [[Nations Restaurant News]] says winning the Neal Award is like winning the [[Pulitzer Prize]] for [[Business-to-business]] (B2B) platforms.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.nrn.com/news/nrn-named-best-media-brand-jesse-h-neal-awards?\|date=April 1, 2019\|title=NRN named Best Media Brand by Jesse H. Neal Awards\|work=[[Nation's Restaurant News]]\|access-date=April 1, 2019}}</ref> Entries are judged in three areas ~ editorial craftsmanship, extent of service to the field and journalistic enterprise. Out of the 21 categories one winner will be selected for The Grand Neal Award. As of 2018 there have been 23 winners of The Grand Neal Award.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.siia.net/neals/About\|title=Previous Winners of the Grand Neal Award\|work=[[SIIA]]\|access-date=April 1, 2019}}</ref> In 2019 John Heltman, Business and Finance [[Journalist\|Reporter]] with [[American Banker]] and [[SourceMedia]] won<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.siia.net/neals/2019-Finalist-Gallery\|title=2019 Finalists & Winners \|work=[[SIIA]]\|access-date=April 1, 2019}}</ref> with Nobody's Home<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.americanbanker.com/nobodyshome\|title=Nobody's Home Line 62 ⟶ 68: ==External links== {{Official website\|http://www.siia.net/}} {{cite web \| url=https://www.siia.net/codie/About-the-Awards/Past-Winners \| title=Past Winners \| work=SIIA CODiE Awards \| access-date=January 13, 2017 \| archive-date=August 16, 2019 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190816124600/http://www.siia.net/codie/About-the-Awards/Past-Winners \| url-status=dead }} [[Category:Technology trade associations]]