Urgent: Audit Cycle Active

Oracle Demands You Pay for Every Employee.
We Prove You Only Owe for Actual Users.

Received a "Java SE Universal Subscription" audit letter? They want to bill you based on your total headcount, not your Java usage. Do not run their scripts. Do not reply.

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REF: LMS-2025-JAVA

Audit Demand:

"Please declare your total employee count (Full-time, Part-time, Contractors) for the Java SE Universal Subscription..."

THE TRAP

Accepting this definition admits liability for 100% of your staff, even if only 1% use Java.

Why the "Universal Subscription" is Dangerous

In January 2023, Oracle changed the rules. They stopped selling "Processor" licenses and switched to an "Employee" metric.

The "Employee" Trap

If you have 10,000 employees but only 50 developers using Java, Oracle wants you to pay for 10,000 licenses. This can increase costs by 1,000%.

The "Script" Trick

Oracle asks you to run a script to "help measure usage." This script often captures data outside the audit scope, creating new liabilities you didn't know existed.

The "Back-Dated" Bill

They often look for usage dating back to 2019 (when Java 8 updates stopped being free) and apply the new 2023 pricing to those past years.

How We Fight Back:
The Technical & Legal Defense

VMware Soft Partitioning Defense

Oracle claims Soft Partitioning isn't valid. We use your VMware affinity rules and architecture logs to legally ring-fence your Java usage, proving you only owe for the specific processors used.

Prevent Discoverability (Privilege)

Critical: Internal emails about "fixing compliance" are discoverable in court. We retain your technical experts for you, wrapping their findings in Attorney-Client Privilege so Oracle can't subpoena them.

Legacy "Processor" Metrics

We audit your past contracts to find "Named User Plus" or "Processor" rights that exempt you from the new Employee Universal Subscription model.

Recent Audit Result

Oracle Initial Demand: $4.2 Million

(Based on 15,000 Employee Universal Sub)

ByteCounsel Settlement: $0.00

(Proven BCL License Coverage)

"They proved our VMware isolation was valid and stopped the audit in 3 weeks." — CTO, FinTech Client

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