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Anti-piracy feud bodes ill for Web music
News That court ruling also helped embolden consumer electronics companies participating in the Secure Digital Music Initiative (SDMI), a cross-industry group formed in late 1998 to create a universal way of adding anti-piracy features to digital...
[November 26, 2001, 14:54]
Anti-piracy bill may hit consumers
News After the 59-year old Delaware Democrat took over the Foreign Relations committee last year, the software and entertainment industries enlisted him in their anti-piracy struggles. In the last few weeks, Hollywood and the music industry have stepped...
[July 30, 2002, 6:27]
Anti-piracy team checks P2P sites
News A US-based anti-software-piracy group has begun to target Asia-Pacific Web sites and users of peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing networks, looking for those who trade in illegal software. The action was prompted by the high rates of Internet-based...
[June 5, 2003, 10:18]
Anti-piracy directive could expose consumers
News Minor copyright infringements could lead to harsh sanctions under the anti-piracy directive approved by the European Parliament on Tuesday, according to a UK civil liberties group. It is very disappointing that the amendments we had worked on to...
[March 10, 2004, 13:20]
Windows 7 to feature new anti-piracy tech
News With Windows 7, Microsoft is also changing the name of its anti-piracy technology from Windows Genuine Advantage to Windows With Windows 7, Microsoft is making some subtle changes to the ways it tries to thwart piracy.
[May 7, 2009, 17:23]
Microsoft to announce 'Global Anti-Piracy Day'
News Microsoft plans on Tuesday to announce 'Global Anti-Piracy Day', an effort to gain attention for the steps the company undertakes to thwart those who would profit from illegitimate software. As part of the event, Microsoft is highlighting recent...
[October 21, 2008, 9:17]
Software makers ignoring anti-piracy technology in favour of sales
Talkback Like most people I hate annyoing anti-piracy features. My point is however, nearly all the software I've downloaded has come with either a text file containing the code or some clever application to completely bypass the code entry and other anti...
[May 13, 2005, 12:55]
Hollywood heads up anti-piracy charge
News The MPAA's other two proposals likely will seek to limit piracy by outlawing future components that receive digital TV broadcasts unless they follow anti-copying standards. Mann said that Microsoft has undertaken aggressive anti-piracy efforts by...
[July 23, 2002, 8:14]
Microsoft extends anti-piracy programme
News As part of its growing anti-piracy programme, Microsoft plans to require customers that want to download a local language add-on to Windows to first verify that their copy of the operating system is legitimate.
[March 31, 2005, 17:15]
Tech companies broadside anti-piracy plan
News Technology industry heavyweights are trying to kill a Hollywood-backed plan heading for Congress that would require anti-piracy protections in PCs, CD players and other consumer electronics devices. The bill would bar the sale of any "interactive...
[October 23, 2001, 8:59]
Mexico summit urges anti-piracy action
News The United States, China, Japan and other Pacific Rim nations have agreed to take more steps to curb Internet piracy and cooperate more closely on punishing cybercrime. The United States has passed laws to discourage piracy: the Digital Millennium...
[October 29, 2002, 9:18]
Anti-piracy directive could expose consumers
Talkback Once again corperational goverment takes control, lets look at this from a different perspective. In ten years will we be able to sing at the local?
[June 23, 2004, 13:41]
Internet firms uneasy about anti-piracy measures
Talkback I downloaded music also,the quality was alright, But I also bought at least 100 or more CD's a year. I have many, many friends on the Internet. We all agreed to give the RIAA exactely what they want. Don't purchase anymore CD's Zero, mox nix.
[August 15, 2003, 5:11]
Microsoft extends anti-piracy initiative
Talkback This will stop NOBODY! You can get an activation crack from 100's of places! Just goto google and type "windows XP Crack" or "Windows XP Activation" All this will do, is make my job a damd site harder!
[February 25, 2005, 12:23]
Microsoft extends anti-piracy initiative
Talkback What a wonderful User Experience it is!
[February 25, 2005, 15:20]
Microsoft's anti-piracy plan condemned
Talkback It's one thing to ask the customer to verify their genuine copies. I have found that once it is done (registered and activated) the "reminder" does not go away. I repeated the process to keep them happy).
[June 18, 2006, 5:42]
Microsoft's anti-piracy plan condemned
Talkback Well if they own a business then they can purchase a genuine copy of windows. It's too easy.Now move out.
[September 18, 2005, 22:26]
Protesters target anti-piracy directive
Talkback Lets all surrender our civil rights so that the big media and software companies can make even larger profits.
[March 8, 2004, 14:27]
Protesters target anti-piracy directive
Talkback The only reason pirates are being targetted is because they are easy prey and the software makers ie. Microsoft believe they lose revenue. As far as I am concerned, going after pirates is a waste of money, why, because more needs to be done about...
[March 9, 2004, 20:27]
Microsoft's anti-piracy plan condemned
Talkback So how is it a bad business practice to provide patches for customers that actually BOUGHT the product?
[January 31, 2005, 16:17]
