anti-piracy
RSS anti-piracyVirgin file-sharers risking suspension
News Universal will use technology from the Danish anti-piracy firm DTecNet to scour file-sharing networks - not Virgin's own network - and log the IP addresses of "persistent" file-sharers, along with the... [15 Jun 2009]
Windows 7: Anti-piracy tech gets more subtle
News With Windows 7, Microsoft is also changing the name of its anti-piracy technology from Windows Genuine Advantage to Windows Activation Technologies. With Windows 7, Microsoft is making some subtle... [08 May 2009]
From Licensing to Piracy Protection: Strategies for Securing Software Revenue
White Paper This paper defines some of the challenges independent software vendors (ISVs) face in protecting their intellectual property and explores how ISVs can maximize the benefits of today's anti-piracy solutions. [18 Mar 2009]
The Brampton Factor: Licensed to bill
Comment Software piracy may well be a very bad thing. There is a lot of talk about the awfulness of software piracy but little seems to be said about the gross inconveniences that vendors seem willing to inflict... [07 May 2008]
Confusion over Office streaming service
News Michala Wardell, head of anti-piracy at Microsoft UK, said on Friday last week: "Fasthosts is a valued Microsoft partner who we have a great relationship with. However, in a statement late on Friday,... [11 Feb 2008]
Glasgow: Crackdown on software piracy hotspot
News Hundreds of businesses in the city escaped punishment during a 30-day amnesty last November on unlicensed software by the Business Software Alliance (BSA), an anti-software-piracy group. A... [07 Feb 2008]
Details of Vista SP1 revealed
News Vista: Piracy rates half the level of XP, says Microsoft Both Symantec and McAfee voiced concerns in the autumn of 2006 that APIs were not available for the 64-bit version of Vista, claiming restricted access to the... [12 Dec 2007]
Woman hit with $220k bill in file-sharing case
News When the Riaa does sue individuals, settlements and judgments are generally reinvested into the group's anti-piracy programme, said a Riaa spokesman. Accused of encouraging the illegal sharing of more... [05 Oct 2007]
$8m illegal software haul from online auctions
News Anti-software piracy body the Business Software Alliance, which represents the likes of Adobe, Apple, Microsoft and Symantec, said it has prevented more than 36,000 illegal software products with a... [02 Oct 2007]
Vast software 'counterfeiting ring' smashed
News Michala Alexander, head of anti-piracy for Microsoft UK, said: "We believe this is the largest software counterfeiting ring in history. It's certainly the largest... [25 Jul 2007]
One-third of businesses run fake Microsoft software
News Microsoft is hailing the success of its 'Keep IT Real' anti-piracy crackdown one year on from its launch, citing a 3.8 per cent drop in the Windows XP piracy rate to 12.9 per cent.... [26 Apr 2007]
Software piracy risks lost on SMEs
News The anti-piracy organisation warns that businesses using unlicensed software can suffer financially, legally and operationally. Many small businesses are unaware of the risks software... [19 Apr 2007]
Possible pirates targeted by Windows update
News Microsoft has updated its Windows anti-piracy technology, added a new "Yellow state" for times when it just can't tell whether a copy of the OS is legitimate. The software behemoth said the new... [28 Feb 2007]
Microsoft spring cleans its Windows unit
News Also reporting to Veghte are Will Poole, who is heading Windows' market expansion efforts for emerging markets and new types of PCs, and Joe Peterson, who is leading the unit charged with online distribution and the Windows Genuine... [28 Feb 2007]
Russia hits out at Microsoft licensing
News Russia is in anti-piracy group the Business Software Alliance's top 10 list of worst offending countries for counterfeit software and deputy Russian IT minister Dmitry Milovantsev admitted in a briefing... [16 Feb 2007]
