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RSS piracy allianceThe Surprising Risks of Counterfeit Software in Business
White Paper In 2006, international market research firm IDC published a paper sponsored by Microsoft about the risks of obtaining and using counterfeit software1 The Business Software Alliance (BSA), a respected industry trade... [16 Sep 2009]
£1.49bn: The price of pirate desktop software in the UK
News More than a quarter of the desktop software installed in the UK last year - 27 per cent - was pirated according to the sixth annual global IDC software piracy study, sponsored by the Business Software... [13 May 2009]
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]
$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]
Software piracy risks lost on SMEs
News Many small businesses are unaware of the risks software piracy poses to their organisations. The anti-piracy organisation warns that businesses using unlicensed software can suffer financially, legally... [19 Apr 2007]
Microsoft battles reseller pirates
News Software piracy resulted in a loss of $34bn worldwide in 2005, a $1.6bn increase over 2004, according to a study commissioned by the Business Software Alliance. Microsoft is taking action against groups... [03 Apr 2007]
FREE Whitepaper on protecting your software against piracy
White Paper 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,... [22 Mar 2007]
FREE Whitepaper on protecting your software against piracy
White Paper 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,... [22 Mar 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]
Online pirates face Redmond legal blitz
News The lawsuits are part of Microsoft's continued crackdown on software piracy, which the company acknowledges cuts into its profits. Lundy said: "Piracy is a huge problem worldwide. According to the... [31 Oct 2006]
Seven years inside for piracy website owner
News Software piracy resulted in a loss of $34bn worldwide in 2005, a $1.6bn increase over 2004, according to a study commissioned by the Business Software Alliance. The owner of a software... [11 Sep 2006]
Beating software piracy is easier than you think
Comment Software piracy continues to be endemic in UK businesses. Recent research by the Business Software Alliance found that 27 per cent of PC software used in the UK in 2005 was illegal, despite high-profile... [21 Jun 2006]
Software piracy still rife in the UK
News Software piracy remains rife in the UK as losses hit $1.8bn in the last year but it is slowly inching down in other parts of the world. In countries such as China, where PC piracy has dropped four... [23 May 2006]
Q&A: Microsoft UK head of anti-piracy Michala Alexander
Comment But it's not only the sheer amount of fake and unlicensed products that makes Alexander's job a tough one; Microsoft's anti-piracy team, together with its enforcers at the Business Software Alliance, is... [22 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... [27 Apr 2006]
