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Singapore police bag $1.14m in pirated software

...Local police in Singapore have uncovered a haul of suspected unlicensed software at a manufacturing company, according to a software industry lobbying group... Read more

8 June, 2011 by Liau Yun Qing
Express Software Manager 9.6

Express Software Manager 9.6

...tedious and error-prone manual processes. Ensure software license compliance by identifying unlicensed software and monitoring new installations. Identify unused applications in order to reduce... Read more

28 March, 2012

Hargreaves response: a load of BSA

...year. The absence of a strong deterrent means that the issue of unlicensed software use will continue to remain a drain on our economy and... Read more

18 May, 2011

Microsoft software clampdown nets 11 firms

...had taken legal action against the small businesses over their sale of unlicensed software. The companies were accused of practices ranging from counterfeiting to hard... Read more

12 August, 2009 by Tom Espiner

Microsoft claims success against unlicensed software

...dealers and traders to pay up for selling or handling counterfeit and unlicensed software and has doubled the amount of money it recovers from each... Read more

19 October, 2006 by Colin Barker

...750,000 paid up for unlicensed software use

...settlements of £500,000 and £250,000 with two UK customers over unlicensed software. The software giant said the settlements — reached earlier this year — show... Read more

4 July, 2005 by Steve Ranger

UK firm fined £250,000 over unlicensed software

...a record out-of-court settlement from a British company which used unlicensed software. The record payment — £250,000 — dwarfs previous settlements, which averaged £10... Read more

21 June, 2007 by Colin Barker

Anger over call to fine unlicensed software users

...change in the law so that harsher fines can be imposed for unlicensed software use. The BSA, which represents the interests of software vendors, is... Read more

31 August, 2006 by Tom Espiner

Claranet faces action over 'unlicensed' software

...facing legal action from the Business Software Alliance over alleged use of unlicensed software. The Alliance said it has settled similar claims against another five... Read more

26 September, 2001 by Matt Loney
Impact of <endeca_term>Unlicensed Software</endeca_term> on Mid-Market Companies

Impact of Unlicensed Software on Mid-Market Companies

...trade-off of purchasing and using genuine, fully licensed software versus using unlicensed software. This paper explores this trade-off and concludes that companies with... Read more

3 July, 2008

SMEs 'blind' to illegal software risks

...and nearly half, 41 percent, "mistakenly believe" there is no risk from unlicensed software. While 97 percent of SMEs questioned are confident that their software... Read more

20 April, 2007 by Colin Barker

Romania's IT industry built on 'piracy'

Unlicensed software went a long way towards helping Romania build a thriving IT... Read more

5 February, 2007 by Colin Barker

Microsoft turns to private detectives

Microsoft says that its crackdown on the trading of unlicensed software is "going well", thanks to the use of private detectives. The... Read more

31 October, 2006 by Colin Barker

Don't pirate MS-Office: use ours, says OpenOffice.org

...drive by Microsoft and the Business Software Alliance to clamp down on unlicensed software, including Microsoft's purchase of asset-tracking company AssetMatrix and the... Read more

4 May, 2006 by Ingrid Marson

BSA 'piracy' report dismissed as scaremongering

...take tougher action against copyright violation to combat the spiralling rate of unlicensed software. The trade group, which counts Microsoft, Apple and Adobe among its... Read more

19 May, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

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