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BSA nets record payout for unlicensed software
News The company was found to be using unlicensed copies of Adobe, Autodesk and Microsoft software on hundreds of PCs across several different sites, the BSA said in a statement. The Business Software... [22 Jun 2007]
Call to scrap levies on European music downloads
News European consumers are being forced to pay usage rights on legal copy-protected music downloads multiple times because of outdated private copy levies, according to anti-piracy group the Business Software Alliance (BSA). [13 Oct 2005]
BSA slams lack of action over piracy
News The Business Software Alliance (BSA) urged the UK government on Wednesday to take tougher action against copyright violation to combat the spiralling rate of unlicensed software. Siobhan Carroll, a BSA... [19 May 2005]
Apple legal row backed by Intel
News Intel and BSA stated in their joint brief: "Strong trade secret laws are vital to the health of California's high-technology business and to the economy of the nation as a whole. Apple declined to comment on the... [29 Apr 2005]
Beware Santa bearing pirate software
News The Business Software Alliance (BSA) is putting out a seasonal reminder to consumers to be aware of the threat of buying knocked-off software during the Christmas shopping season. Often-uninformed relatives, looking for... [17 Nov 2004]
Fake-software junk mail - a spam investigator's insight
News Consumers, however, have spotted the spam and started reporting it to the Business Software Alliance (BSA) in increasing numbers. One of the BSA's investigators - who cannot be named due to the nature of... [25 May 2004]
5 years ago... Microsoft takes anti-piracy fight into Illinois
News The BSA is also keen to educate users about the ways in which revenues from piracy are spent. The software giant is accusing the companies - all based in Los Angeles, California or Chicago, Illinois - of selling illegal... [04 Mar 2004]
Santa warned off giving pirate software
News Many companies and individuals selling software online may be shipping pirated copies to unsuspecting shoppers, hoping to cash in on the Christmas sales bonanza, and the BSA is warning consumers to be... [13 Nov 2003]
€120m software piracy ring shut down
News BSA's internet enforcement programme works alongside many European law enforcement agencies such as Guardia di Finanza, providing its internet investigatory expertise to help promote a safe and legal digital world. [16 Jun 2003]
Hollywood and software firms target individual pirates
News Similarly, the BSA is aiming to staunch lost sales from stolen copies of software. The Business Software Alliance (BSA), whose members include Adobe and Apple, filed a handful of similar... [28 Feb 2003]
Activists cheer the acquittal of 'DVD Jon'
Comment We fear that broad exemptions to the DMCA could undermine the core purpose of the Act: That technological measures can have an important and proper role in curbing piracy," the BSA said. Johansen's case began three years... [09 Jan 2003]
Piracy reward makes the grass grow keener
News The BSA carried out an audit on Dundee-based computer reseller Frazier following an anonymous call and uncovered unlicensed copies of Adobe, Microsoft and Symantec software. The Business Software... [23 May 2001]
Over 400 software pirates made to walk plank by BSA
News The Business Software Alliance (BSA) has just released the results of its continued crackdown on software piracy, and gave silicon.com's cameras access to its operations - a video item you'll be able to see next week. [18 Oct 2000]
CEOs unaware of illegal software liability
News On the back of the survey BSA will be sending software audit forms to the CEOs and MDs of most of UK's firms over the coming month. A study carried out by ICM Research, on behalf of the Business Software Alliance, found... [12 Oct 2000]
QXL agrees out-of-court settlement
News The BSA found out through an internal software audit that QXL.com has been using over 200 copies of unlicensed Adobe, Microsoft and Symantec software on its network. QXL.com has reached an out-of-court... [18 Aug 2000]
