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RSS pirateCopyright holders 'smiling' at sinking of Pirate Bay
News Both copyright holders and some Pirate Bay supporters see opportunities to promote their causes as a result of the verdict handed down Friday in the Pirate Bay file-sharing case. I would like to tell the... [20 Apr 2009]
Microsoft shuts down '£3.5m' software pirate
News Microsoft has announced that a UK-based software pirate who allegedly traded more than £3.5m of counterfeit Microsoft software has finally ceased trading. William Ling was arrested and prosecuted in May 2005 for the sale... [19 May 2006]
Does Pirate Bay verdict spell trouble for Google?
Comment The Pirate Bay outcome could have wide and lasting implications for the likes of Google and YouTube, says lawyer Simon Levine. Last week's verdict that the four founders of The Pirate Bay file-sharing... [28 Apr 2009]
Teen music pirate to see mum in court
News A 14-year old music pirate could be about to send her mum to court. Emily Price was caught in the third wave of anti-piracy action by music industry trade body the BPI and landed with a £2,500 bill for her file-sharing... [21 Jun 2005]
In brief: German officials seize pirate software
News An American known only as 'S' is said to be behind the pirate ring, which runs from the UK. German authorities have made Europe's largest ever seizure of pirated Microsoft software. Customs officers are believed to have... [11 Aug 1998]
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]
Get free copy of XP from Microsoft - if you have a pirate version
News Hilton also said that anyone found with the pirate programme won't suffer legal repercussions but their suppliers might. Microsoft has announced what it hopes will be a new attack on piracy - the Redmond-based giant has... [24 Nov 2004]
Software pirate sent down in victory for BSA
News The Business Software Alliance is celebrating this afternoon after a three-year investigation resulted in the imprisonment of a prolific software pirate. Khan, who the BSA claims was turning over around £300,000 per... [04 Jul 2003]
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. Stephen Holman, who enforces fishing quotas between countries, was found trading in fake... [13 Apr 2000]
Anyone for pirate pay-per-view?
News An operation to provide pirate pay-per-view television has been broken up by a police sting in Australia. By Andrew Colley A Melbourne man has been summoned to appear in court on charges relating to police investigations... [09 Aug 2002]
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. Last year, European businesses... [07 Mar 2005]
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 Business Software Alliance has spoken out about the sentencing on Friday of an illegal copier of software who was given 15... [07 Jul 2003]
Fujitsu-Siemens to pay €12 for pirate PC users
News Fujitsu-Siemens has been ordered by a German court to pay a levy every time one of its computers is sold in the country, as part of a 'tax on piracy'. The judge ruled that since the company's PCs could be used for copying material - and... [04 Jan 2005]
£1.49bn: The price of pirate desktop software in the UK
News Software companies lost £1.49bn to piracy in the UK last year - and that's before the impact of the economic downturn. More than a quarter of the desktop software installed in the UK last year - 27 per cent - was pirated according to the... [13 May 2009]
Texan pirate gets four-year prison term
News A Texan software smuggler has been jailed in Germany for four years for importing illegal software worth £40m. In an investigation dating back to December 1996, law enforcers uncovered a counterfeit manufacturing plant in Cambridge run... [17 Jun 1999]
