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Microsoft Claims Latest Scalp In War On Counterfeit Software
Talkback Surely a legitimate business should be interested in providing quality goods and value for money, besides just being profitable? And lets not forget "Staying within the Law" either.
[December 9, 2005, 23:38]
Microsoft Claims Latest Scalp In War On Counterfeit Software
Talkback err Microsoft are a business of course the only thing they should be interested in is money, make it sound like thats a crime
[December 9, 2005, 18:19]
Symantec Sues Over Counterfeit Software
News Symantec alleges counterfeit versions of its Norton SystemWorks, Norton AntiVirus, Norton Internet Security, pcAnywhere and Symantec AntiVirus Small Business Edition were sold. Symantec announced on Wednesday that it has filed lawsuits against...
[May 17, 2007, 15:26]
Quarter Of Australia's Software Is Counterfeit
News Australia's counterfeit-software rate is dropping, but not as aggressively as some in the industry would like. In comparison, China has a counterfeit-software rate of 82 percent, while globally the average is 35 percent.
[February 19, 2008, 9:57]
Microsoft: Fake Software Rife Among UK Businesses
News Microsoft is to "up the ante" on tackling unlicensed business software after its latest figures showed one-third of customers still run counterfeit software. But more than 8,300 pieces of counterfeit software have been found on UK business customer...
[April 27, 2007, 8:25]
Microsoft Claims Latest Scalp In War On Counterfeit Software
News The current stage in the campaign against piracy from the Business Software Alliance (BSA) has claimed its latest victim after Manchester based Internet retailer Zoobon was closed down for selling counterfeit Microsoft software.
[December 8, 2005, 16:50]
Online Auction Sites Face Wrath Of Piracy Busters
News European Internet auction houses face a crackdown on peddling pirated and counterfeit software from the Business Software Alliance (BSA). Head of the BSA Internet Enforcement Program Margo Miller claims auction sites have become a haven for...
[October 19, 2000, 11:42]
Ebay Software Pirate Faces Sentence At The Old Bailey
News His main business was built around selling counterfeit copies of Microsoft, Macromedia and Symantec software. On top of the five piracy and dishonesty charges he has already pleaded guilty to, Khan has agreed to have another 11 offences of...
[July 4, 2003, 10:30]
Resellers Slam Black Market In Microsoft Software
News Microsoft's UK partners are increasingly concerned about the amount of counterfeit and unlicensed software being sold in the UK reseller channel, which they say is threatening the reseller industry at large.
[September 14, 2005, 14:05]
Piracy Cut Back By Compliance Laws
News New compliance and accounting regulations are helping to drive down the number of firms who use unlicensed and counterfeit software, according to Microsoft. However, while licensing compliance is getting better at the top, Baker said there is still...
[September 24, 2004, 11:50]
Software Counterfeiter To Pay $1.1m
News The case came to court after a year-long investigation by the Houston police and the FBI into the activities of Li Chen, who was found to have 5,100 copies of counterfeit Symantec software at his Houston business, Symantec said.
[September 29, 2005, 8:40]
FBI Helps China Crack Software-counterfeiting Ring
News We're concerned that a number of business customers are putting the business at risk, as counterfeit software has been linked to viruses and spyware," said Alexander. Alexander denied that UK business customers were at risk from Microsoft enforcing...
[July 24, 2007, 14:04]
Microsoft Vows To Help Counterfeit Software Buyers
News In an out-of-court settlement, William Ling, proprietor of Oyster Computers, New Malden, Kingston-upon-Thames, agreed to pay Microsoft a substantial sum and has given an undertaking not to sell counterfeit software in the future.
[May 18, 2006, 17:05]
Government Launches Anti-piracy Plan
News Around half of the nation's 18- to 29-year-olds admit to owning counterfeit products, while 28 percent of 30- to 50-year-olds said they did. The move to deal with counterfeit goods will also deal with those making fake booze, perfume and clothes...
[August 11, 2004, 16:45]
Illegal-software Crackdown Targets Glasgow
News Hundreds of businesses in the city escaped punishment during a 30-day amnesty last November on unlicensed software by the Business Software Alliance (BSA), an anti-counterfeit-software group. Glasgow was targeted after the BSA received more reports...
[February 8, 2008, 8:23]
BSA Alert Over Illegal Software On Online Auctions
News Anti-counterfeit software body the Business Software Alliance (BSA), which represents the likes of Adobe, Apple, Microsoft and Symantec, said it has prevented more than 36,000 illegal software products with a combined retail value of around $8m...
[October 3, 2007, 8:53]
Police Smash £39m Italian Piracy Ring
News The network sold counterfeit software over the Internet using the three illegal Web sites selling downloadable programs and compilation discs containing dozens of different popular software applications, games, films and music on a single CD for a...
[November 6, 2002, 17:04]
Small Business Webcast: Why Pirated Software Will Cost You In The Long Run (Level 100)
White Papers Pirated or counterfeit software can put the business at risk. Every year, millions of businesses and consumers are hurt by counterfeit software. Using genuine Microsoft software offers greater capabilities and easy integration with the widest...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
BSA Offers £10,000 Bounty For Software Pirates
News The Business Software Alliance (BSA) is offering £10,000 reward for information that helps catch companies guilty of using counterfeit software in the UK, the organisation said Thursday. In the run up to Thursday's announcement, the BSA conducted a...
[November 3, 2000, 13:12]
Software Piracy Whistleblowing Becomes More Lucrative
News Under the BSA's rules, someone who reports that a company is using illegal software -- such as counterfeit or unlicensed programs -- will receive a reward of 10 percent of the face value of the software recovered.
[November 5, 2004, 14:03]
