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Music industry sounds off on CD burning
News CD burning contributed to a surge in music piracy across the globe in 2001, with sales of pirated discs jumping an estimated 50 percent from the previous year, according to an industry report released Tuesday.
[June 12, 2002, 12:22]
CIH computer virus toll tops 540,000
News Loh points to the pirated CD-ROMs as the No.reason for the massive infection, which in Thailand could reach several thousand, he estimated. One theory: The CIH virus piggybacked on pirated software, common in countries outside the United States.
[April 28, 1999, 9:34]
Will the real Eminem CD please stand up?
News Although pirated versions of the album were widely acknowledged to be online in MP3 format, Gracenote's figures look only at physical CDs, not downloads played on a computer. The Friday before the Eminem album's long-awaited release, a busy US...
[May 29, 2002, 10:30]
Music industry fears advent of digital music player
News Cary Sherman, senior executive vice president and general counsel for the association, which represents about 90 percent of the music industry, countered that the device could kill the industry by offering pirated music for free.
[November 23, 1998, 9:49]
Microsoft unveils Windows Media 9
News Piracy, he said, reminded him of the early days of the PC -- when much of the commercial software was pirated. But the challenge for Microsoft is to convince content creators their intellectual property won't be pirated" in the process, Rosoff added.
[September 5, 2002, 8:55]
CD Secure
Downloads CD Secure prevents pirated copying and unapproved accessing your sensitive files and data in compact disc. With CD Secure, you should not worry about CD piracy or leak of your sensitive files. CD Secure also provides tools to make CD image file and...
[May 11, 2005, 16:26]
Three UK arrests in global piracy crackdown
News This "warez" group has allegedly disseminated pirated copies of computer software, games, movies and music on the Internet. The police seized a wide range of cracked software, as well as seven computers and 100 CD copiers.
[April 23, 2004, 12:45]
'Taster' pirated copies lure gaming fans
News A protection system from Macrovision and British games developer Codemasters ensures that pirated copies of games slowly degenerate to the point where they become unusable -- players in car games will find they can no longer steer, games involving...
[October 14, 2003, 11:20]
Jail sentences for warez gang
News He had sold more than 4,000 pirated CD-ROMs to about 200 clients for a total of more than 12,000 euros (£7,300), according to the ruling. Six French IT workers have been found guilty by a Parisian court of having organised the sale of pirated...
[February 18, 2002, 16:00]
Microsoft hunting for Whistler pirate
News The OS is more than 400MB, making it likely that the pirated version of Whistler was loaded onto a CD and taken from a Microsoft office. The hunt is on to determine how a pirated version of a forthcoming Microsoft operating system found its way...
[March 27, 2000, 9:28]
News Burst: Dreamcast hacked
News The copy protection on Sega's video-game console -- thought to be the strongest available in the UK -- has been broken and several pirated games have been distributed over the Internet. Until now, Dreamcast has been protected by its special disc...
[July 3, 2000, 10:37]
Changing the product key on Windows XP
News Shortly after releasing Windows XP, Microsoft realised that most pirated XP installations were using two specific VLKs, the most popular of which begins with "FCKGW. Hopefully you already know if you're dealing with a pirated copy of XP.
[May 14, 2003, 11:38]
Windows 'piracy' checks rounded again
News Some buy computers from less reputable resellers or buy a CD off the street and may have trouble determining if they have a pirated version," he said. For Microsoft, this marks another embarrassing episode of its WGA software failing to identify...
[August 1, 2005, 12:40]
MP3 use goes BOOM - part 1
News The MP3 explosion is driving the recording industry nuts, since many of the MP3 files cluttering the Web are pirated, in violation of copyright law. Converting a track on a music CD into an MP3 file requires just a PC and some free software.
[June 15, 1999, 12:57]
Mail Room
News As long as they keep making CD's, there will always be pirated music. Someone actually bought the CD. Want to add some news of your own? Want to ask a question? Send your comments to The Mailroom Please remember to tell us if you don't want your...
[April 22, 1999, 7:54]
Guy Kewney's Weekend Diary
News And as I said, it was not my idea to end up working; it was the other party to the trip who wanted to see Hong Kong "before the Territory reverts to China" and before I knew it, I was booked up to my ears in research projects and pirated software.
[March 8, 1997, 7:00]
Microsoft marches on Moscow to do battle with Linux
News Microsoft will release a low-price version of Windows in Russia by the end of the year, in an effort to wean Russian consumers off pirated software and Linux. Because Starter Edition customers can get patches and updates, Microsoft hopes that PCs...
[September 27, 2004, 16:20]
Government launches anti-piracy plan
News The BPI welcomed the crackdown, saying the increase in pirated music is a big worry for the industry and hurts musicians new to the business rather than their long-established counterparts. Research from YouGov for BSA (Business Software Alliance...
[August 11, 2004, 16:45]
A Year Ago: UK firm wins £2.5m Microsoft hologram deal
News It doesn't stop people stealing dics but it shows buyers when discs are counterfeit and enables Microsoft's legal people to easily identify pirated discs. A UK firm has won a £2.5 million deal that will enable Microsoft to put holographic images on...
[January 28, 1999, 7:47]
Windows Genuine Advantage circumvented
News GenuineCheck generates a code that can subsequently be used to validate a pirated copy of Windows, according to Mohanty's posting. Still, somebody would be able to generate a key and use it immediately on a PC with a pirated copy, or pass it on to...
[May 24, 2005, 9:05]
