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Microsoft targeted as software piracy tops $90m
News Microsoft has just announced a plan to crackdown on Windows piracy by forbidding users to download updates unless they can prove their copy is legitimate. Software ranks among the most popular categories of counterfeited... [26 Jul 2005]
China's long road to copyright
Comment A coalition of copyright companies is working with the US Trade Representative to study the possibility of taking China before the WTO to compel a genuine crackdown. It's not a plot," says Bruce Lehman, former... [19 Sep 2005]
Tech pirates targeted in government's fraud crackdown
News The government has had enough of ripped off CDs, DVDs and software and has launched a crackdown on the pirates. The BPI welcomed the crackdown, saying the increase in pirated music is a big worry for the... [11 Aug 2004]
Nokia: N-Gage has been hacked, crack down begins
News The crackdown comes after someone managed to disable the copyright protection Nokia developed for the games, which are stored on a small card that fits into the N-Gage. We take these types of... [13 Nov 2003]
AV giants target eBay software fraud
News Two of the world's largest antivirus software vendors are launching legal action against a group of software pirates selling illegal versions of well-known security software on eBay, as part of a major crackdown on... [17 May 2006]
Why the software police is facing opposition
Comment The Business Software Alliance (BSA) wants to crackdown on software piracy and it has come up with a cunning new plan. Those interests, unsurprisingly, include vigorously seeking to protect intellectual... [22 Nov 2001]
Leader: Piracy crackdown no good for China
Leader But let's see how fast stiff regulation and a crackdown will come. The PR spin on this has been that the two discussed software piracy and intellectual property. Bill Gates must be... [21 Apr 2006]
5 years ago...BSA demands action on piracy
News In the meantime, the BSA has continued its crackdown on businesses who use unlicensed or counterfeit software. Penultimately, the BSA wants new entrants to the EU to prove they have a good track record in... [13 Oct 2004]
Phishing, malware and online fraud is booming
News The UK Threat Assessment of Serious Organised Crime pinpoints a surge in attempts to hijack bank accounts using email phishing and key logging malware.silicon.com's e-Crime Crackdown campaign is calling for a national UK... [06 Jun 2008]
Politicians finally set to vote on 'Europe's DMCA'
News Brown warned this will not only lead to a massive "RIAA-style" crackdown on European file-sharers but that the lack of criminal punishment will let the organised counterfeiting and piracy gangs off the hook. [08 Mar 2004]
BSA president calls for software piracy crackdown in Thailand
News Holleyman emphasised that adequate protection of software copyright and intellectual property was an essential pre-condition to fostering a successful domestic software industry. Robert Holleyman,... [08 Dec 1998]
5 Years ago... BSA president calls for Far East piracy crackdown
News Holleyman emphasised that adequate protection of software copyright and intellectual property was an essential pre-condition to fostering a successful domestic software industry. 08.12.1998: Robert... [08 Dec 2003]
Legal Eye: Bogus brands face web crackdown
Comment Recent research we conducted with online intellectual property specialist Commercial Security International estimates the value of counterfeit goods passing through online shopping sites in the UK to be... [22 Jul 2008]
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