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£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 Alliance (BSA),... [13 May 2009]
Software piracy jumps to $185m as industry fights back
News Microsoft continues to be the top software brand to pirate, followed in the first half of the year by Sony, Adobe, Autodesk and Macromedia, Gieschen said. Najeeb Khan, spokesperson for the BSA and anti... [05 Oct 2005]
China's long road to copyright
Comment Thomas Pattloch, chairman of the European Union Chamber of Commerce Intellectual Property Rights working group, says: "The arguments we hear from the Chinese side are, 'Please lower the prices and then we won't pirate'. [19 Sep 2005]
Pirate software users pay up €4m
News The fines imposed by the courts for the use of dodgy software ranged from €10,000 to the €300,000 imposed on an a firm of architects that was found to be a prolific pirate-software user. The Business Software Alliance... [07 Mar 2005]
Spam-happy shoppers love stolen software
News Ironically it is the very Trojans which can come bundled in with pirate software that help create the networks of compromised machines abused by spammers. A spokesman for the BSA said: "Many online... [10 Dec 2004]
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]
Microsoft and eBay team up to stop software pirates
News The Business Software Alliance has reported a growing number of spam emails selling the pirate software. Companies who buy quantities of this software run the risk of being audited by the BSA (Business... [11 Jun 2004]
Fake-software junk mail - a spam investigator's insight
News There's often an organised group behind [the pirate software], working with spammers and hackers," he said. Consumers, however, have spotted the spam and started reporting it to the Business Software Alliance... [25 May 2004]
Santa warned off giving pirate software
News The Business Software Alliance has warned Christmas shoppers about the danger of unwittingly buying pirate software. Many companies and individuals selling software online may be shipping pirated copies to unsuspecting... [13 Nov 2003]
Software piracy: Are you doing it on purpose?
News While some users may claim they merely fail to read or understand the small print of their increasingly complex licences, or bought pirate software 'in good faith' thinking it to be genuine, these excuses are starting to... [22 Oct 2003]
BSA: Pirate's prison sentence sends out 'the right message'
News Khan receiving a custodial sentence sends a very strong message out to the pirate community. The BSA investigated Bilal Khan for three years, before bringing down his one man production line which was... [07 Jul 2003]
Software pirate sent down in victory for BSA
News Khan, who the BSA claims was turning over around £300,000 per year, used online auction services eBay and QXL to sell his pirate software but fell under the spotlight of authorities after consumers began... [04 Jul 2003]
Microsoft fraudsters sent down for 10 years
News Microsoft declares amnesty on pirate software http://www.silicon.com/a40099 Over 400 software pirates made to walk plank by BSA http://www.silicon.com/a40302 The trio, who were convicted on 16 March,... [06 Apr 2001]
Over 400 software pirates made to walk plank by BSA
News She said: "There is no question there is a sizeable number of rogue ISPs out there and we are certainly going to need some sort of self regulation or legislation to work through that, and to make sure there aren't pirate... [18 Oct 2000]
Pirate arrested over Microsoft forgeries
News A fisheries officer responsible for patrolling the Sussex coast has been caught leading a double life as an Internet pirate. It intends to replace their home pages with information about the BSA. Stephen... [13 Apr 2000]
