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Glasgow: Crackdown on software piracy hotspot

News The BSA warned that using unlicensed software also risks loss or corruption of vital data and IT systems, citing research by the IDC that revealed one in three counterfeit products contain spyware, malware or viruses.

Tags: bsa, glasgow, software, spyware

[07 Feb 2008]

$8m illegal software haul from online auctions

News The BSA said this is just the "tip of the iceberg" and warned consumers to beware of auction sites selling software much cheaper than the retail price because of the danger it may contain viruses or spyware.

Tags: microsoft, bsa, piracy

[02 Oct 2007]

BSA nets record payout for unlicensed software

News The Business Software Alliance (BSA) is to receive a record out-of-court settlement from a British company which used unlicensed software. The BSA said in this latest case, announced on Thursday, the company guilty of software-licence infringement...

Tags: bsa

[22 Jun 2007]

Software piracy risks lost on SMEs

News Nearly half - 41 per cent - of UK-based small and medium-sized enterprises believe there is no risk from using unlicensed software, according to a survey from the Business Software Alliance (BSA). And while 97 per cent of those questioned were...

Tags: sme, business software alliance, illegal software, software piracy

[19 Apr 2007]

Livre blanc GRATUIT sur la protection de votre logiciel contre le piratage informatique

whitepaper Selon la Seconde étude annuelle menée par l'association BSA (Business Software Alliance) et le cabinet IDC sur le piratage des logiciels à l'échelle internationale, 35% des logiciels installés sur les PC du monde entier sont des versions...

Tags: infrastructure management, , des, en

[21 Mar 2007]

Livre blanc GRATUIT sur la protection de votre logiciel contre le piratage informatique

whitepaper Selon la Seconde étude annuelle menée par l'association BSA (Business Software Alliance) et le cabinet IDC sur le piratage des logiciels à l'échelle internationale, 35% des logiciels installés sur les PC du monde entier sont des versions...

Tags: infrastructure management, , des, en

[21 Mar 2007]

FREE Whitepaper on protecting your software against piracy

whitepaper 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, representing a loss of nearly $33 billion in 2004.

Tags: infrastructure management, practices, piracy, software piracy

[21 Mar 2007]

KOSTENLOSES Weißbuch über den Schutz Ihrer Software gegen Piraterie

whitepaper Nach der Second Annual Business Software Alliance (BSA) und einer Studie von IDC über weltweite Softwarepiraterie bestehen fünfunddreißig Prozent der Software, die weltweit auf Personalcomputern installiert wurde, aus Raubkopien, was für 2004...

Tags: security applications, die, ber, von

[21 Mar 2007]

FREE Whitepaper on protecting your software against piracy

whitepaper 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, representing a loss of nearly $33 billion in 2004.

Tags: infrastructure management, practices, piracy, software piracy

[21 Mar 2007]

KOSTENLOSES Weißbuch über den Schutz Ihrer Software gegen Piraterie

whitepaper Nach der Second Annual Business Software Alliance (BSA) und einer Studie von IDC über weltweite Softwarepiraterie bestehen fünfunddreißig Prozent der Software, die weltweit auf Personalcomputern installiert wurde, aus Raubkopien, was für 2004...

Tags: security applications, die, ber, von

[21 Mar 2007]

Microsoft launches licensing crackdown

News Those which refuse an audit risk having their details being handed to the British Software Alliance (BSA) who will execute follow-up interviews that could result in fines and other penalties. Users who choose to ignore Microsoft's questionnaires...

Tags: wga, software licensing, microsoft

[30 Jan 2007]

Webcast: Best Practices for Software Asset Management

whitepaper Listen to this on-demand Webcast from ManageSoft to hear presenters from BSA (Business Software Alliance), Soft-Aid, and ManageSoft explore how you can implement Software Asset Management (SAM) in your environment.

Tags: infrastructure management, asset, sarbanes oxley act, sam

[04 Dec 2006]

Software piracy still rife in the UK

News Emerging markets such as China, India and Russia saw single-digit drops in the percentage of illegal software installed on PCs between 2004 and 2005, according to new research from the Business Software Alliance (BSA).

Tags: software piracy, bsa

[23 May 2006]

BSA offers £20k piracy bounty to rat on your boss

News Anti-software piracy group the Business Software Alliance (BSA) is offering a £20,000 reward to anyone who informs on their employer using illegal or unlicensed software. The BSA already has an online hotline for people to report the use of illegal...

Tags: bsa

[27 Apr 2006]

Best Practices in Creating High Level Application Security

whitepaper 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, representing a loss of nearly $33 billion in 2004.

Tags: piracy, realize, practices, loss

[19 Apr 2006]

BSA 2005 Global Software Piracy Study

whitepaper In 2004, 35 percent of the software installed on personal computers worldwide was pirated, a one percentage point decrease from 36 percent in 2003. Yet, losses due to piracy increased from $29 billion to $33 billion.

Tags: piracy, business software alliance, installed, point

[18 Nov 2005]

Software Piracy and the Law

whitepaper 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.

Tags: suffer, piracy, stakes, ethical

[18 Nov 2005]

Buyer Beware: 10 Tips for Safe Shopping

whitepaper Tips to help consumers and businesses when purchasing software online.

Tags: consumers, purchasing

[18 Nov 2005]

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).

Tags: music downloads, drm, bsa

[13 Oct 2005]

Software piracy jumps to $185m as industry fights back

News Najeeb Khan, spokesperson for the BSA and anti piracy manager for software maker Adobe Systems, said: "If the UK achieved a 10 per cent reduction in software piracy, an additional £10bn could be raised towards UK GDP while 40,000 jobs could...

Tags: pirated software

[05 Oct 2005]

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