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Piracy "good for Russian economy", says Kaspersky representative
Blog Russia would technologically "still be in the stone age" without the effects of software piracy, according to Timur Tsoriev, Kaspersky corporate communications and pr manager. He told me that piracy was becoming less of a problem in Russia now, as...
[December 11, 2006, 15:50]
Linspire: Piracy can be a positive thing
Talkback Microsoft has become the dominant player largely because of Piracy. As Microsoft pushes for more stringent anti-piracy controls I think this issue of inexpensive-but-legal programming will get stronger.
[April 19, 2005, 14:35]
Piracy Bites: FAST admits it is powerless
News The UK's best known anti-piracy organisation, FAST, has admitted to ZDNet that it is powerless to prevent mass software piracy through file sharing applications such as Napster and its most recent clone, Wrapster.
[March 23, 2000, 14:11]
Piracy-Free Video Distribution With Microsoft Windows Media Technologies
White Papers The challenge was how: DVDs, video CDs and tapes would require an expensive sales channel and also pose piracy problems; streaming video would exclude millions of dial-up customers. Now, Shigram is distributing videos around the world at less than...
[October 7, 2008, 0:00]
Piracy may drive Adobe out of China
News Graphics software giant Adobe Systems may decide to leave the Chinese market and other Asian regions due to rampant piracy there, according to chief executive Bruce Chizen. Adobe could stop producing versions of its products in Chinese and other...
[January 15, 2002, 11:57]
Linspire: Piracy can be a positive thing
Talkback years ago I remember piracy actually was an ok thing. Get real Linspire! A judge friend of mine had told me that so long as the copies of software I traded with my friends wasn't accompanied by money.
[April 19, 2005, 22:16]
Piracy battles have ISPs stuck in crossfire
News Piracy is increasing very rapidly. In addition, the past few weeks have seen a surge in alliances from a new generation of piracy-hunting companies, underscoring the now-permanent nature of the cat-and-mouse game.
[June 8, 2001, 14:45]
Piracy Focus: Music to CD-ROM - no problem
News Jollyon Benn of the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) said he was not surprised at the revelation, adding "at least one in three CDs (audio) are a result of either bootleg, copyright theft or some other form of piracy.
[June 16, 1998, 16:40]
Piracy cut back by compliance laws
News In small business there are millions of customers so therefore there is a higher percentage of piracy. But Baker argued that new protection measures have helped drive down piracy of Office 2003, particularly in the consumer and small business market.
[September 24, 2004, 11:50]
Piracy blamed for drop in music sales
News At a press conference in London, Jay Berman, chief executive of the IFPI, said that a "a massive increase" in CD piracy -- both by organised criminals and individuals -- had helped to cause the decline in CD sales.
[April 16, 2002, 16:27]
Turning the Tide: Why new strategies are urgently needed to counter the surge in online video piracy
White Papers Now that millions of ordinary, non-geeky families are routinely downloading TV shows and movies without a second thought, digital piracy has clearly gone mainstream. These people don't see themselves as criminals.
[October 18, 2006, 1:00]
News Schmooze: China gives up software piracy
News Chinese vendors licensed to sink piracy Ever-optimistic, Microsoft has convinced China to get many of its PC manufacturers to bundle Windows XP into new machines. The idea is that this will encourage more buyers to actually pay for the operating...
[December 7, 2001, 17:07]
Police bust £50m software piracy ring
News Four men have been sentenced to lengthy jail sentences after the discovery of a £50m piracy ring involving Microsoft software. Julia Phillpot, Microsoft UK channel anti-piracy manager, said in a statement: "This was an organised attempt to con...
[September 6, 2002, 13:50]
Linspire: Piracy can be a positive thing
Talkback No such thing as "piracy" here. RE: "I've just bought a small and very useful piece of software at a very reasonable price. I have 3 computers at home and, because the price was reasonable, I bought 3 licenses.
[April 19, 2005, 21:58]
Code leak spurs Windows Server 2003 piracy
News A key code for installing Microsoft's Windows Server 2003 has leaked onto the Internet, a loss that could lead to widespread piracy of the software. With the release of Office XP in May 2001 and Windows XP about six months later, Microsoft added a...
[April 8, 2003, 7:28]
Microsoft wins China piracy case
News The case is the first for Microsoft in China, where software piracy is rife. A Beijing court has ordered two Chinese comapnies to pay $100,000 (£60,000) to Microsoft for illegally using company's software, a Chinese news agency reported.
[February 15, 1999, 10:35]
DivXNetworks gives piracy the boot
News DivXNetworks said Monday that it has licensed its technology, a video compression format most closely associated with the online piracy of Hollywood movies, to the Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics.
[February 6, 2002, 6:31]
Yahoo! shows tougher line on piracy than child porn
News Internet piracy is given a higher priority, by Yahoo! An undercover anti-piracy operation revealed thirteen user-created chatrooms on the Yahoo.com site to be providing information on how to circumvent encryption techniques adopted by satellite...
[March 7, 2001, 13:27]
Microsoft files piracy suits
Talkback Theres always gonna be piracy. Piracy exists because it costs so much to have the Windows OS. I think Mirsoft needs to wake up! Updates, Up grades, Techsupport, Frequent crashes) . The only good Operating system they ever made is Windows 95 and Xp...
[April 12, 2005, 11:42]
Global piracy purge nets 200 PCs
Talkback Piracy" is only the market expressing the true value (from the consumer's POV) of video, audio and application software. The "Cost to the industry" The inflated pricing of commercial software means there will always be a black market.
[April 23, 2004, 13:27]
