federation against software theft

Family Assurance Uses Pointsec Protector to Underpin FAST Accreditation

White Paper The Family Assurance team wanted to take a proactive stance and use a sophisticated technology solution to ensure that the company did all that it could to promote good practice through accreditation from the Federation... [04 Aug 2008]

Suppliers move away from licensing crackdowns

News The head of the Federation Against Software Theft (Fast) says that vendors want to move away from the heavy-handed approach of forcing software audits... [09 Jun 2008]

The Brampton Factor: Licensed to bill

Comment This all seems part of a wider pattern, where the publicity machines of the likes of the Federation Against Software Theft (Fast) pump out comments that suggest the... [07 May 2008]

CIO Jury: 'Cynical' licence audits under fire

News However, software audits, such as those carried out by the Federation Against Software Theft, are actually very helpful in overall... [12 Jan 2007]

Are you covered on software licensing?

News The Federation Against Software Theft (Fast) said it has recently dealt with two US companies with UK operations that did not have enough licences for their... [19 Sep 2006]

Fast threatens school heads with detention

News The Federation Against Software Theft (Fast) has threatened to prosecute educational establishments who use improperly licensed software. The pressure... [24 May 2006]

Want to ditch those software licence blues?

News Andy Burton, founder of asset-management firm Centennial and a newly appointed director at the Federation Against Software Theft (Fast), said: "Most companies today I... [22 May 2006]

Would you grass up a software pirate?

News Software theft is not viewed as a crime by most people, with eight out of 10 saying they would not grass up a work colleague for online software theft, according to a... [14 Feb 2006]

ISPs ordered to hand over file-sharer details

News The illegal file-sharers were identified after a 12-month covert investigation by the Federation Against Software Theft (Fast), called Operation Tracker. John Lovelock,... [31 Jan 2006]

Software cops mount car boot challenge

News Operation Carter, involved representatives from the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (Elspa), the Federation Against Copyright Theft, the police... [20 Oct 2005]

Kazaa copyright ruling "a milestone", says music industry

News The international record industry organisation, International Federation of Phonogram and Videogram Producers (IFPI), said the court's decision would lay down the law for future generations. Today's judgement shows that... [06 Sep 2005]

FAST threatens blind-eye directors

News The Federation Against Software Theft (FAST) has made fresh threats this week aimed at those companies still failing to ensure their networks aren't harbouring illegal... [29 Apr 2005]

Bosses: You could go to jail and your staff wouldn't care

News John Lovelock, director general of the Federation Against Software Theft said: "We would like employees to think carefully about downloading copies of... [24 Mar 2005]

You can't outsource email compliance headaches

News But thinking they can do so would be a mistake, warns the Federation Against Software Theft (FAST). The old cliche 'you can't outsource a problem' proves especially true... [28 Oct 2004]

Tech pirates targeted in government's fraud crackdown

News DVD and CD pirating are both on the increase, with FACT (Federation Against Copyright Theft) reporting that piracy cost the UK over £9bn in 2002 and the BPI (British Phonographic... [11 Aug 2004]

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