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Illegal-software crackdown targets Glasgow
News A crackdown will be targeted at companies in Glasgow after the city was pinpointed as being a hotspot for illegal software. But now the BSA is investigating 41 firms after a 20-fold increase in reports of alleged illegal software in the city during...
[February 8, 2008, 8:23]
SMEs 'blind' to illegal software risks
News The UK's small businesses are blind to the risks of illegal software, and especially to the dangers posed by viruses, according to the Business Software Alliance. UK member committee chair of the BSA, Ram Dhaliwal said: "It's clear from the...
[April 20, 2007, 12:24]
Software stops illegal song trading
News Network-security company Palisade Systems this week will launch software that can identify and block copyrighted songs as they are being traded online. Created by software firm Audible Magic and backed strongly by the Recording Industry Association...
[April 21, 2004, 15:20]
House of Fraser fined for illegal software
News Department store House of Fraser is among three companies to have settled with the Business Software Alliance for using illegal software. Euro Car Parts paid £7,500 and Internet media company Prominent Pages paid £20,000, both for illegal use of...
[May 15, 2002, 11:22]
BSA alert over illegal software on online auctions
News Online auctions selling illegal software worth more than $8m (£4m) have been detected and closed down during the first half of 2007. Anti-counterfeit software body the Business Software Alliance (BSA), which represents the likes of Adobe, Apple...
[October 3, 2007, 8:53]
Auction sites implicated in illegal software
News The Business Software Alliance (BSA) claimed a major victory in its ongoing battle against piracy Thursday, recovering tens of thousands of pounds worth of illegal software in a raid last week. We estimate that up to nine out of ten software...
[November 23, 2000, 15:22]
Software stops illegal song trading
Talkback Just because the activity is illegal doesn't mean that protections need to be reduced. If this program cna look inside students emails, doesn't that violate the privacy laws concerning email? I thought that ECPA was designed to protect emails, even...
[April 23, 2004, 4:37]
Auction sites implicated in illegal software
Talkback ebay are profiting from piracy, its not only pirate software they sell, they also sell drugs & all the equipment you need to grow the stuff & any one with a computer can buy the stuff, a 6yr old with a computer can purchase valium & other pills.
[March 26, 2004, 18:34]
Software stops illegal song trading
Talkback It's an interesting concept that has been taken obviously too far - specifically with the notion of blocking all traffic from encrypting applications. Encryption was created to ensure confidentiality of transmitted material.
[April 23, 2004, 13:17]
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]
UK firms face closure for software 'theft'
News The UK police are to be given new powers to search and seize in the fight against illegal software use in British firms. It clearly demonstrates that using illegal software is a criminal issue, and an offence that will not be tolerated.
[November 19, 2002, 15:15]
Britons convicted of software piracy
News The UK resellers pleaded guilty to offences relating to the supply of illegal Windows software. Two British men have been found guilty of selling counterfeit Microsoft software. The convictions form part of Microsoft's moral crusade against...
[September 4, 2001, 13:43]
Microsoft offers to replace pirated software
News Technology giant Microsoft is giving away software to those who may own pirated copies of its operating systems or applications in an effort to halt illegal copying. Microsoft is committed to helping our customers avoid the risks of the illegal...
[October 10, 2000, 15:31]
Downturn to hamper Asian piracy fight
News Efforts to clamp down on the illegal use of software in Asia could prove futile as businesses become increasingly cash-strapped in the economic downturn. And with the downturn now straining company coffers, the use of illegal software could become...
[October 3, 2001, 15:11]
Spammers tout banned DVD technology
News Missed your chance to get software -- now deemed illegal -- that will copy DVDs? While it's not illegal under federal law to use DVD copying software, the same law that Hollywood used to stop 321 Studios from distributing its own software bars...
[March 2, 2004, 8:15]
Microsoft launches massive antipiracy campaign
News A Web search engine that trolls the Internet 24 hours a day for pirated software is helping Microsoft sue Web sites for distributing illegal copies of Windows 2000, according to the Wall Street Journal.
[August 3, 2000, 10:44]
BSA offers £20k bounty to rat on your boss
News Anti-software piracy group the Business Software Alliance (BSA) is offering a £20,000 reward to anyone who informs on their employer using illegal or unlicensed software. The BSA already has an online hotline for people to report the use of illegal...
[April 28, 2006, 10:40]
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. While many Web sites with illegal software have been taken down...
[June 5, 2003, 10:18]
Antivirus vendors crack down on eBay licence cheats
News Two of the world's largest antivirus software vendors are launching legal action against software thieves selling illegal versions of well-known security products on eBay. McAfee and Symantec have thrown their considerable weight behind a larger...
[May 18, 2006, 8:55]
DVD copier driven out of business
News DVD copying software maker 321 Studios has closed its doors, driven out of business by a succession of court decisions that said its most popular product was illegal to distribute. The company had cast itself as a test case of controversial...
[August 4, 2004, 12:10]
