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Hollywood's war on open source: Don't fence me in
News But some of the defendants point out that they're not pirating movies, just adding new features. In fact, a blank DVD costs more than a movie, so pirating DVDs just isn't cost-effective. The current situation, according to critics of the DMCA, is...
[February 28, 2000, 9:17]
Microsoft may disable upgraded PCs
News Microsoft is still deciding what is a reasonable number of reactivations, and will use a back end artificial intelligence engine to differentiate between people who are innocently upgrading their PCs and those who are obviously pirating software.
[March 2, 2001, 22:00]
'Windows' toughest competitor is pirates' - Gates
Talkback He knows pirating software has been his best ally. I remember the days when even smaller companies would get all of MS offering on CDs, ready to install. Even in those days, some companies where already selling enterprise software with licenses...
[June 29, 2004, 10:57]
Microsoft: Africa doesn't need free software
Talkback With all the pirating of software going on and the lack of copyright laws, or lack of enforcement of copyright laws, why should we pay a dime to M$? Of course cost is not an issue!
[January 24, 2006, 14:43]
GPL 3 to take hard line on DRM
Talkback DRM isnt meant to be a benefit to users, its to stop criminals pirating software/music (and criminals seem to be a significant % of the people who post here) If you pirate software/music you are no better than a shoplifter/street mugger and should...
[January 20, 2006, 9:05]
BitTorrent drops its trackers
Talkback Sure there maybe a small percentage of people out their pirating stuff (as there always has and always will be), but the majority of it's use is by software programmers like myself who relies on its flexability and (primarily) its ability to allow...
[May 23, 2005, 16:42]
Ballmer wants $100 PCs to combat piracy
Talkback So somehow providing a computer for less than the tax everyone must pay on the basic software to run it is going to stop people from pirating that software. Right. Surely it will just make even more people aware of how much they are being ripped...
[October 21, 2004, 16:49]
Xbox update shuts out Linux
Talkback I have been pirating what microsoft makes not paying for it. It's not microsoft's hardware, it's mine. I purchased it.not really but if I did it would be) And for the past 11 years. Ill be damned if I buy an xbox when I can just run Xbox games...
[January 18, 2004, 5:11]
Microsoft to delete Sony DRM 'rootkit'
Talkback 20 lashings to Sony, 40 lashings to Microsoft for allowing Windows PC's to be ivaded in such a way.lashings to the artists as well; they complain about pirating but ruining our PCs will not endear us to them.
[December 6, 2005, 18:07]
News Burst: Prince suing fan sites
News The diminutive Rock star is claiming the sites are illegally pirating his music. Full story to follow.
[March 5, 1999, 7:04]
News Burst: Software group sues 25 over piracy
News The BSC said it was the first suit filed against individuals for pirating software in an IRC channel. The US' Business Software Alliance has filed a lawsuit against 25 individuals it claims participated on the "warez4cable" IRC channel, an Internet...
[November 12, 1999, 17:30]
Sendo-Microsoft lawsuit to proceed in Texas
Talkback That wouldn't be the same Microsoft that settled out of court for substantial damages when caught pirating large chunks of Stacker Code which was incorporated in MS DOS 6.0, by any chance? "Sendo's allegations against Microsoft are counter to our...
[October 15, 2003, 17:48]
Windows Genuine Advantage circumvented
Talkback All it means is they can pump up the price of Windows (and related software) without fear of the pirating backlash that always accompanies increasing in software prices. I love the funny names large companies come up with.
[May 24, 2005, 14:42]
Record labels win round against file-swapping students
Talkback Last year DirectTV sued over 10,000 customers for pirating their signal and I never heard anyone complain about them. You make me laugh. Every business will lock up their customer if the customers steal from them.
[November 4, 2003, 21:39]
Microsoft proposes Chinese piracy amnesty
Talkback I think people there (and here for that matter) should increase pirating of Microsoft products just to force Microsoft to offer decent prices. Microsoft call these people criminals when they are the real criminals.
[March 4, 2005, 17:23]
BSA warns on downloading copyright dangers
News And 12 percent admitted to pirating software. The Business Software Alliance, a trade group that represents the major software makers, says that more than half of all Web users have downloaded software they have not paid for.
[May 31, 2002, 11:03]
Amazon.com implicated in CD-import row
Talkback At least the customers of these firms are buying CD's and not pirating them. Who looks after the customers best interests? Why can't we take the BPI to court for blatantly being biased against us? The BPI need to realise that the reason piracy is...
[January 14, 2004, 15:46]
US announces global intellectual-property plan
Talkback Arthur B.this discussion is not about being ahead of another country.it's about taking the initiative to create something internally.and, if your country is not willing to embark on something legitimately, then make sure that it's citizens are not...
[September 28, 2005, 1:44]
CS3 = Rip off.
Talkback They've only got themselves to blame if pirating of their software dramatically increases. >>it suggested that the discrepancies between UK and US prices were the result of call centres being more expensive to run in Europe, along with the cost of...
[June 26, 2008, 9:21]
Internet music - in the line of fire
News Add to that record labels' testimony in front of a Congressional committee lamenting the increase in casual pirating, and it increasingly looks like the music industry is on the warpath. The music industry is on the offensive.
[May 26, 2000, 8:49]
