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Software Piracy Case Hits The Old Bailey
Talkback THE trial of a Newton man accused of playing a part in an international software piracy ring continued this week. London's Old Bailey heard from another former gang member-turned-informer on Tuesday who gave evidence against Steve Dowd, 39, of...
[November 13, 2004, 9:15]
Software Piracy Whistleblowing Becomes More Lucrative
News In order to tackle software piracy head on and reduce the UK's 29 percent piracy rate, we are doubling the reward, as we think businesses will become more aware of the dangers of non-compliance," Carroll added.
[November 5, 2004, 14:03]
Software Piracy Drops - Report
News The latest report from the Business Software Alliance concludes that software piracy declined in the United States during 2002. The special interest group, an anti-piracy organisation that's comprised of members such as Apple, Cisco Systems and...
[August 6, 2003, 8:50]
Software Piracy Slows Growth, Says Industry Group
News The Business Software Alliance is hoping to convince international governments, trade associations and companies that cracking down on piracy pays. The BSA said that reducing software piracy could speed the growth of the IT industry, which in turn...
[April 2, 2003, 12:00]
Software Piracy And The Law
White Papers Software piracy is a high-stakes gamble. Can a business really suffer legal and ethical consequences if it’s caught with pirated software? This is what the U.S.law has to say.
[November 18, 2005, 23:00]
Software Piracy Case Hits The Old Bailey
News The British Software Alliance, an industry body that fights software piracy, cites DrinkorDie as an example of the disregard that it claims many people have for copyright. Two UK citizens are appearing in court in London this week charged with...
[October 20, 2004, 13:20]
Analysis: The Price Of Ignoring Software Piracy
News However, when ZDNet exposed a clear cut case of piracy the responses from software giants like Adobe and Microsoft were guarded to say the least. The recording industry has more or less given up on trying to stop individuals copying records for...
[January 29, 1999, 12:23]
Combating Online Software Piracy In An Era Of Peer-to-Peer File Sharing
White Papers Inexpensive broadband Internet access combined with a perception of anonymity and file sharing applications that make downloading software as easy as doing a search on Google has resulted in a dramatic increase in piracy.
[March 21, 2005, 23:00]
News Schmooze: China Gives Up Software Piracy
News Chinese vendors licensed to sink piracy In a country where 90 percent of software is pirated, and which is entering the WTO next week, Microsoft comes up with an uncharacteristically diplomatic spin: "The intellectual property situation.has a lot...
[December 7, 2001, 17:07]
DrinkorDie Head Sentenced For Software Piracy
News An Australian resident who headed the notorious DrinkorDie software piracy gang has been jailed in the US. The Department of Justice labelled DrinkorDie "one of the oldest and most renowned internet software piracy groups".
[June 25, 2007, 12:27]
DrinkorDie Two Convicted Of Software Piracy
News Two men who were accused of taking part in a massive global software piracy ring were convicted at the High Court this week. Dowd and Bell were accused of supplying software for DrinkorDie, a worldwide gang that cracked hundreds of software...
[March 17, 2005, 15:10]
Microsoft Accuses UK Companies Of Software Piracy
News In its ongoing crusade against software piracy, Microsoft is accusing the two companies of infringing the copyright of its licence documentation. Two UK companies are facing the wrath of Microsoft's ongoing anti-piracy campaign, for allegedly...
[August 22, 2001, 15:44]
Global Software Piracy On The Rise
News The global software piracy rate rose last year for the first time in six years, indicating that the downward trend in piracy rates could be over, according to the latest piracy survey from the Business Software Alliance.
[May 22, 2001, 14:15]
BSA 2005 Global Software Piracy Study
White Papers These are among key findings of an independent global software piracy study released by the Business Software Alliance and conducted by global technology research leader IDC. Yet, losses due to piracy increased from $29 billion to $33 billion.
[November 18, 2005, 23:00]
US Report: White House Orders Crackdown On Software Piracy
News Today we are declaring war on software piracy," Vice President Al Gore said in a statement on the order. With federal agencies among the largest users of software, a renewed effort to stamp out piracy among them will improve the economic outlook...
[October 2, 1998, 11:32]
FREE Whitepaper On Protecting Your Software Against Piracy
White Papers Software piracy continues to be a growing epidemic. According to the Second Annual Business Software Alliance (BSA) and IDC Global Software Piracy Study, thirty-five percent of the software installed on personal computers worldwide was pirated...
[March 21, 2007, 23:00]
Combat Software Piracy Today And Save A 1/3 On Standard Key Pricing
White Papers SHKs help ISVs combat the continually evolving threat of software piracy, and users of these tokens are now able to use their protected software on systems running the Windows Vista Operating System. The Sentinel Hardware Key (SHK) is a rights...
[May 2, 2007, 0:00]
New Twist In Fight Against Software Piracy
News If you permit piracy to run unchecked, then you let the idea that just because technology lets me do something, it's legal," he said. The Business Software Alliance has filed a civil suit in the Northern District of California accusing 25...
[November 18, 1999, 14:10]
Britons Convicted Of Software Piracy
News The convictions form part of Microsoft's moral crusade against software piracy. Counterfeiting is a serious issue which significantly impacts customers, who are often duped by unscrupulous traders into buying illegal products which they are led to...
[September 4, 2001, 13:43]
Software Makers Ignoring Anti-piracy Technology In Favour Of Sales
Talkback My point is however, nearly all the software I've downloaded has come with either a text file containing the code or some clever application to completely bypass the code entry and other anti-piracy features.
[May 13, 2005, 12:55]
