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UK Firm Fined £250,000 Over Unlicensed Software
News The Business Software Alliance is to receive a record out-of-court settlement from a British company which used unlicensed software. The Business Software Alliance (BSA) would not reveal details of who the perpetrator is, saying only that the...
[June 21, 2007, 17:09]
SMEs 'blind' To Illegal Software Risks
News UK member committee chair of the BSA, Ram Dhaliwal said: "It's clear from the research that directors of many British businesses just don't realise the risks of using illegal software. The UK's small businesses are blind to the risks of illegal...
[April 20, 2007, 12:24]
Software Piracy Case Hits The Old Bailey
News The British Software Alliance, an industry body that fights software piracy, cites DrinkorDie as an example of the disregard that it claims many people have for copyright. DrinkorDie was an international alliance of software pirates, known as a...
[October 20, 2004, 13:20]
BSA Offers $1m US 'piracy' Bounty
News A spokesperson for the UK branch of the BSA confirmed that British whistle-blowers could not expect a similar reward for reporting their employers. Americans willing to report their employers for using counterfeit software will be able to claim up...
[July 4, 2007, 15:56]
Row Erupts Over Schools Open-source Project
News The losers, as usual, are British schools, British schoolchildren and British taxpayers. But no, impeccable and proven open-source credentials, capability and community-building skills are apparently a hindrance to building a community of British...
[June 16, 2008, 10:11]
Microsoft And NDS Pact For Enhanced TV Services
News NDS, a British digital TV technology company, develops DVB (digital video broadcasting) enhanced middleware, which is used in more than 1.5 million digital set-top boxes. On Tuesday, Microsoft announced a strategic alliance with NDS Group, a News...
[March 8, 2000, 12:13]
The OSC's Open Letter To Becta
Blog The losers, as usual, are British schools, British schoolchildren, and British taxpayers. But no, impeccable and proven Open Source credentials, capability and community building skills are apparently a hindrance to building a community of British...
[June 13, 2008, 15:10]
Scottish Council Pays Up For Microsoft Licence Breach
News A Scottish council has been compelled to pay the British Software Alliance (BSA) an undisclosed sum of money after 470 illegal copies of Microsoft Office 97 were discovered within its offices. Clackmannanshire Council was found to be in breach of...
[January 11, 2002, 17:01]
Bluetooth Shifts To The Enterprise
News The software, from the Vancouver, British Columbia, company, will enable several users to connect with team members to access shared information. Meanwhile, British Bluetooth upstart Red-M, of Wexham Springs, has announced plans to ship its own SD...
[June 12, 2001, 11:08]
News Roundup: Microsoft V Psion On Wireless Internet
News Shares of British handheld-computer maker Psion (quote: PON), whose software is at core of the Symbian venture, plunged as much as 40 percent in London trading Tuesday, though it later recovered. But as with the Ericsson-Microsoft alliance...
[December 10, 1999, 14:53]
LinuxWorld Expo Roundup
News Linux credit cards in Britain by June British Linux enthusiasts will soon be able to help further the cause, get complimentary Open Source software and a penguin-enhanced credit card thanks to US-based organisation, the Linux Fund.
[February 1, 2000, 14:06]
Hacked Rio To Pose Legal Problems?
News I realise that this has certainly going to be a few questions about why we did it," said the British programmer who created a DOS program using the Snowblind code. On Tuesday, programmers from the Linux group Snowblind Alliance posted software for...
[January 28, 1999, 9:49]
Staff Shop Bosses For Using Pirate Software
News Disgruntled employees are more likely to shop their company for using unlicensed software than directors reporting problems voluntarily, according to research from the British Software Alliance (BSA).
[May 24, 2001, 15:58]
Analysis: The Price Of Ignoring Software Piracy
News As business operations director of Adobe and chair of the British Software Alliance, Anne Edmonds-Smith has a double interest in the issue, but had surprisingly little to say on the matter. It claims to do its best to make sure no illegal software...
[January 29, 1999, 12:23]
Exclusive: Microsoft Accused Of Apathy Over Piracy
News Both the British Software Alliance (BSA) and Adobe agree that Microsoft could have done more following Hough's complaint. Hough bought the software from a Microsoft distributor at a trade price of £310 (excl.
[June 8, 1998, 11:05]
UK Piracy Grasses Underpaid
Blog Some healthy protectionism for the venerable British grass industry is clearly in order. Snitch on your company's illegal software usage in the UK, and all the Business Software Alliance will give you is up to £10k.
[July 4, 2007, 12:04]
Linux Alliance Protests Software Patenting
News However, divisional director at the British Patent Office Peter Hayward says that the arguement of The EuroLinux Alliance is not the only view of this issue. International organisation The EuroLinux Alliance announces Friday an online petition...
[June 16, 2000, 10:27]
Scientists Protest EU Software Patents
News The three British signatories were Alan Mycroft, a reader at the University of Cambridge's Computer Laboratory; Robin Milner, former head of Cambridge's Computer Laboratory; and Brian Randell, emeritus professor and senior research investigator at...
[April 28, 2003, 12:10]
Markets On The Rise - For Now
News But they have more than halved recently," said a senior sales trader at a British brokerage. Handheld computer maker Psion (quote: PON) saw its shares jump as much as 15 percent after it said Japanese electronics giant Sony had agreed to licence...
[April 26, 2000, 11:46]
The Best Democracy Money Can Buy
Leader Other people's scandals are always the tastiest - and at the moment, the British are spoiled for choice. Let's move north a little, where Canadian MP Sam Bulte is running for her third term with the help of sponsorship from the Canadian Recording...
[January 13, 2006, 9:55]
