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RIAA Asks Court To Expose Music Pirate
News In what may become a new legal front in its war against online copying, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has asked a federal court for help in tracing an alleged peer-to-peer pirate.
[August 22, 2002, 7:35]
Verizon, Record Labels Fight Over 'pirate'
News Attorneys for Verizon Communications and the music industry sparred in court on Friday over whether to disclose the identity of an alleged peer-to-peer pirate. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has asked a federal judge in...
[October 7, 2002, 8:00]
UK Government Minister Joins Pirate Raids
News But if we are to truly tackle piracy, the government and industry must work together to get across to the consumer that each time they buy pirate copies of CDs, DVDs, computer games and videos they are putting a nail in the coffin of the...
[December 4, 2002, 16:42]
Ebay Software Pirate Faces Sentence At The Old Bailey
News Khan is the biggest individual pirate the BSA has come across. A Pakistani student will be sentenced at the Old Bailey on Friday after pleading guilty to charges that include possessing and selling counterfeit computer programs and dishonestly...
[July 4, 2003, 10:30]
US Fights To Extradite Internet 'pirate'
News Antony Townsden, a Legal Aid Commission lawyer, made the claims after alleged Internet pirate Hew Raymond Griffiths was returned to jail in Sydney on Wednesday as a result of the latest legal manoeuvre by US authorities to have him face charges in...
[July 8, 2004, 9:45]
Torvalds Plays Part On 'Talk Like A Pirate Day'
News Linux creator Linus Torvalds on Thursday signalled his enjoyment of the annual "Talk Like a Pirate Day" festivities, using the nautical lexicon to launch an update to the kernel at the heart of the open source operating system.
[September 22, 2006, 18:05]
Software Pirate Jailed
News The Business Software Alliance is celebrating after a three-year investigation resulted in the imprisonment of a prolific software pirate. Khan, who the BSA claim was turning over around £300,000 per year, used online auction services eBay and QXL...
[July 7, 2003, 7:45]
Police Smash UK's Biggest Pirate Software Operation
News Local and national jobs are lost as a result of pirate operations Sales of pirate software are often used by terrorist organisations Proven links exist between many organised pirate organisations and dealers in drugs and pornography
[November 16, 1999, 11:53]
Don't Pirate MS-Office: Use Ours, Says OpenOffice.org
Talkback The fact is, it doesn't do everything that Office does. Where is a calendar/diary app in OpenOffice? I can't work without one. OpenOffice lacks this important feature and will never be considered as a serious alternative to Office until it does.
[May 5, 2006, 13:29]
Don't Pirate MS-Office: Use Ours, Says OpenOffice.org
Talkback Decision makers should be demanded to disclose in full why they didn't opt for alternative Microsoft solutions and be held liable in full for the short and long term consequences of such decisions. After all, it's just (tax) money that's being wasted.
[May 6, 2006, 23:32]
Don't Pirate MS-Office: Use Ours, Says OpenOffice.org
Talkback Also, Rick, don't forget that you can output to Acrobat files for free with OpenOffice.
[May 5, 2006, 21:54]
Don't Pirate MS-Office: Use Ours, Says OpenOffice.org
Talkback I've been using OOo for two years. I use it for the reason that they advertise. I couldn't afford to purchase a complete Office suite for home use. It does nearly everything I need. I agree that it needs the e-mail / calendar client, but as others...
[May 6, 2006, 3:48]
Don't Pirate MS-Office: Use Ours, Says OpenOffice.org
Talkback My big problem with OpenOffice is the fact that it's Java based. It's not really a "standalone app" per se. The tie-in with Sun Java makes it difficult to use the program. Using the File --> Open dialog was so painful I had to give up.
[May 5, 2006, 18:03]
Don't Pirate MS-Office: Use Ours, Says OpenOffice.org
Talkback Beautiful ! Now I'm looking forward to the version of the page with the upcoming MS-Office 'plugin' (to create ODF files). Open File formats == good. Convicted Criminal Monopolists hiding your data in secret codes== bad.
[May 5, 2006, 3:30]
Don't Pirate MS-Office: Use Ours, Says OpenOffice.org
Talkback I think OpenOffice would attract a higher adoption rate if the '.org' was dropped from the name and installation directory. It's offputting for both aesthetic and practical reasons. For those who need the calendar function, bundle one or include a...
[May 5, 2006, 14:03]
Don't Pirate MS-Office: Use Ours, Says OpenOffice.org
Talkback Well, there is always the Mozilla calendar app and while it may not be as automatic and hand holding as MS Outloo it is free.
[May 5, 2006, 21:51]
Don't Pirate MS-Office: Use Ours, Says OpenOffice.org
Talkback Yes, that's a nice story. My wife bought a laptop and read the licence statement of Microsoft Office's website for the use of Office 2003 on a second computer. It was legitimate under certain circumstances and she complied to this.
[May 11, 2006, 21:40]
Don't Pirate MS-Office: Use Ours, Says OpenOffice.org
Talkback I use OpenOffice and I find it just as good, if not better than Microsoft Office 2003. My daughter liked it and has got rid of her office and installed OpenOffice. Thank you
[May 5, 2006, 12:43]
Don't Pirate MS-Office: Use Ours, Says OpenOffice.org
Talkback Note: OpenOffice.org is NOT Java based. The vast magority of the code is C++. The new Database module uses Java and some Wizards and tools. Without the Base application and Wizards OpenOffice.org can be run just fine.
[May 5, 2006, 21:23]
RealNetworks Makes Streamed Music Pirate-proof
News Copyright technology that will allow Internet retailers to track the sale and distribution of music and movies over the Web is being launched today by RealNetworks, in an effort to stop the illegal distribution of media online.
[June 20, 2001, 14:38]
