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Vista: Piracy rates half the level of XP, says Microsoft
News Microsoft said it's seeing piracy rates for Windows Vista that are half those of Windows XP. The decline in piracy rates is largely due to the fact Vista is much tougher to fake than XP. Microsoft VP,... [04 Dec 2007]
Leader: Piracy crackdown no good for China
Leader The PR spin on this has been that the two discussed software piracy and intellectual property. China has to be seen to be taking a harsh, no-nonsense approach to this but it would be counter-productive at this stage for... [21 Apr 2006]
Piracy-Free Video Distribution With Microsoft Windows Media Technologies
White Paper The challenge was how: DVDs, video CDs and tapes would require an expensive sales channel and also pose piracy problems; streaming video would exclude millions of dial-up customers. Now, Shigram is distributing videos... [07 Oct 2008]
Piracy crackdown an "empty gesture"
News The massive police operation to crack down on software piracy will ultimately fail unless software suppliers do more to protect their own code. Codenamed Buccaneer, the operation was the largest global... [13 Dec 2001]
Microsoft anti-piracy targets Vista 'frankenbuild'
News Microsoft has issued an update to Windows Vista that's intended to stop a piracy monster. David Lazar, director of Genuine Windows, said: "Piracy is evolving and has made the expected jump from Windows... [15 Dec 2006]
Music piracy fight - ISPs must do more
News The music industry is calling for governments and internet services providers (ISPs) to do more in the fight against digital music piracy. Last November French President Sarkozy unveiled plans for ISPs to co-operate to... [25 Jan 2008]
Behind the Headlines: IT directors hit back at piracy watchdog
News But this week's guests insisted the blame for software piracy rested with the IT industry itself, not with IT directors. The Federation Against Software Theft (FAST) came under fire in this week's Behind the Headlines,... [19 Mar 2000]
Price-cuts 'won't stop piracy'
News Price cuts are not the way to curb software piracy, says a senior executive from anti-piracy group the Business Software Alliance (BSA). The BSA believes that the best way to combat software... [03 Jul 2003]
ASPs come under anti-piracy spotlight
News We always try to go after the beneficiary of software piracy, which in this case would be the ASP, not the IT director. He dismissed predictions that the rise of the ASP will spell the end of widespread software... [19 Oct 2000]
Judge takes 'rip off' swipe at industry in piracy case
News ELSPA refutes this, saying game piracy is directly responsible for recent job losses in gaming companies. In sentencing Radomir Lukic to two and a half years in prison and Kevin Bailey to 150 hours community service,... [12 Apr 2001]
Software piracy hurting UK business, claims BSA
News Despite the high-tech piracy of music the Business Software Alliance has called upon users and industry leaders not to forget the ongoing issue of software piracy, which is costing UK businesses £860m. [07 Jul 2004]
Microsoft kick starts Windows piracy crackdown
News Beginning today, the piracy check will be mandatory for all customers worldwide who want to download add-ons for Windows XP. Lazar declined to say how much Microsoft hopes to cut into the piracy rate... [26 Jul 2005]
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. The internet is only exacerbating the piracy... [26 Jul 2005]
Microsoft to release stripped down XP to tackle Linux and piracy
News Low prices could help combat piracy, Wilderotter added. Microsoft is getting ready to release a cheap, easy-to-use version of Windows XP for developing markets. Windows XP Starter Edition - an inexpensive version of... [11 Aug 2004]
5 years ago… Landmark piracy arrest announced
News 05.07.1999: Thailand's intellectual property court has delivered a landmark verdict in the war against software piracy, by handing down an 18 month prison sentence to the owner of a Bangkok shop selling counterfeit CD-ROMs. [05 Jul 2004]
