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Microsoft, Sun 'contribute to Chinese human-rights abuses'
News Microsoft, Sun Microsystems and Cisco are among major IT vendors slammed by Amnesty International for contributing to human-rights abuses by selling technology to the Chinese government that is used to censor the internet. [02 Feb 2004]
More file-swappers sued by RIAA
News The group also said that 1,054 people have submitted applications for amnesty under the group's 'Clean Slate' programme. The Recording Industry Association of America said on Wednesday it had sued another 41 people in its ongoing legal campaign... [04 Dec 2003]
Vietnam silences online activists
News Human rights group Amnesty International has slammed the Vietnamese government for jailing at least 10 people for online activitism, saying the government is using national security legislation to prosecute government criticism on the web. [28 Nov 2003]
RIAA puts its money where its mouth is
News The RIAA also said it had received 1,000 applications for amnesty from lawsuits under its 'Clean Slate' program. The Recording Industry Association of America on Thursday said it filed 80 new lawsuits against alleged file swappers, a move that... [31 Oct 2003]
Leader: Corporate software pirates: Guilty as charged?
Leader The BSA in a show of compassion earlier this year offered a virtual amnesty to companies who have broken the terms of a licence. "But I didn't read the small print on my licence. But the licences are so complicated. [22 Oct 2003]
O2 - see what you can't do
News A spokesman is quoted as saying: "Whilst O2 does not condone theft in any shape or form, we have decided to create a cardboard cut-out amnesty. O2's email-to-phone offering has been temporarily suspended as the company carries out what it describes... [18 Feb 2003]
Human rights enshrined in open source software
News In September, Republicans in the US released a report titled "Tear Down This Firewall," and this week, Amnesty International published a report highlighting China's crackdown on internet use. Software distributed under an "enhanced source" licence... [02 Dec 2002]
Porn at work: the heart of the matter
Comment Not only is it cracking down on what many staff consider undesirable material but it is giving a two-week amnesty, just in case there is anything untoward going on. The subject of pornography at work never fails to raise the collective ire. [06 Mar 2002]
BBC more secure than spook central
News However, she added that after the amnesty period of 18 months ends, only PocketPC PDA's may be plugged into Beeb computers. While Microsoft's PocketPC 2002 is the only operating system good enough for the health and security of BBC staff, employees... [31 Jan 2002]
Russian hacker turns supergrass for amnesty
News Charges against Russian developer Dmitri Skylarov have been dropped by a Californian court under the condition that he testifies against his former employers. Skylarov, whose arrest in July under US copyright laws caused a worldwide storm of... [14 Dec 2001]
Why the software police is facing opposition
Comment What's more, anyone who does decide to use this audit to come clean over unlicensed software has no guarantee of amnesty. The Business Software Alliance (BSA) wants to crackdown on software piracy and it has come up with a cunning new plan. [22 Nov 2001]
Microsoft fraudsters sent down for 10 years
News Microsoft declares amnesty on pirate software http://www.silicon.com/a40099 The trio, who were convicted on 16 March, were sentenced for a total of 10 years in the Old Bailey this afternoon. The gang's leader, father-of-three Sikander Qureshi, 55... [06 Apr 2001]
Microsoft declares amnesty on pirate software
News The company's new Product ID team will analyse any Microsoft products that customers, resellers or retailers send in. Microsoft promises to respond in two working days, and if the software is counterfeit, the company will replace one product free... [08 Oct 2000]
Pressure groups hold Snooping Bill summit
News Organisations include Amnesty International, the Broadcasting Union (BECTU), Campaign against the arms trade, Cyber Rights & Cyber Liberties, Feminists against censorship, Index on Censorship, the Law Society, Liberty, the Library Association... [05 Jul 2000]
'Ignore China at your peril' UK firms warned
News Amnesty International was not available for comment at press time. UK companies are in danger of missing out on major opportunities in China where online business is set to explode. This is the warning from Jack Ma, CEO of business-to-business... [26 May 2000]
