MANILA AFP — The Philippines is making progress in its fight against computer software piracy with 76 people arrested this year, an anti-piracy group said Tuesday. Tarun Shawney, the South Asian director of the Business Software Alliance, an anti-piracy watchdog body, said that while piracy rates in this country...
Apr. 22--Business Software Alliance BSA, the international association established by the software industry to promote a safe and legal digital world, has recently praised the Ministry of Economy and the government for its efforts in promoting anti-piracy initiatives. The Ministry of Economy MoE has offered its...
WASHINGTON -- U.S. regulators said Tuesday that Sony BMG Music Entertainment agreed to reimburse consumers up to $150 for damage to their computers from CDs with hidden anti-piracy software. According to the Federal Trade Commission, which announced the settlement with the big media company, its anti-piracy software limited...
Dec. 20--In its continued efforts to bring down piracy rates in the Kingdom, Bahrain's Ministry of Information MOI recently conducted fresh raids on two IT resellers in the Kingdom. The raids that were conducted in cooperation with Microsoft and Business Software Alliance BSA resulted in the...
Nov. 23--In line with its commitment to ensure strict adherence to Intellectual Property Rights, the Kuwaiti Ministry of Information conducted a series of raids on three computer resellers involved in the use and trade of illegal software. The raids resulted in the confiscation of two computers,...
EFF, which has filed a collective suit in Los Angeles in association with two law firms, is challenging two anti-copying mechanisms which it claims have been installed in more than 25 million CDs sold by the New York-based record company. Sony BMG recently announced...
WASHINGTON AFP — Sony BMG was hit with two lawsuits, alleging that the company deceived consumers by using copy protection on its music CDs that opened up personal computers to hackers and malicious software. One lawsuit was filed by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, alleging that Sony BMG violated...
As long as there has been computer software, there have been people who don't want to pay for it. And these days, with fast Internet connections and cheap storage, it's easier than ever to be a software pirate. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...
NEEDHAM, Mass. -- New Membership in Business Software Alliance Complements Ongoing Initiatives PTC (Nasdaq: PMTC), the Product Development CompanyTM, today affirmed its strong stance against software piracy and announced that the company has become a worldwide member of the Business Software Alliance BSA. The BSA is an industry association...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: * VSDA's Bo Andersen says the average video store loses $11,000 a year because of piracy. * The association is working with the MPAA on anti-piracy programs, but efforts in Washington have been slow....
EUROPEMEDIA-C2003 Van Dusseldorp & Partners - http://www.vandusseldorp.com/ The illegal use of software in the Netherlands fell last year by three percentage points to 36 per cent, and 28 per cent since 1994, reports the Business Software Alliance, BSA. In the eight...
By By Bob Mims, The Salt Lake Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 3--If you checked the software installed on computers in American homes and workplaces, about one program in four would be an illegal copy. That, according to a...
M2 PRESSWIRE-9 May 2003-TALLY SYSTEMS: SIIA certifies Tally Systems software for anti-piracy audits; Patented audit software certified; Tally Systems joins Compliance NetworkC1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:05092003 Recognising Tally Systems products for their accuracy, reliability, completeness and ease of use, the Software...
On February 26, the U.S. Justice Department seized the Internet domain of ISO News (www.isonews.com), a Web site dedicated to software piracy. Receiving up to 140,000 hits per day, ISO News did not contain illegal copies of video games, software or movies, but rather featured message boards where users could...
Peru , Feb 18, 2003 (El Comercio/SABI via COMTEX) As a result of the anti-piracy campaigns waged by the BSA Business Software Alliance, Indecopi Instituto Nacional de Defensa de la Competencia y de la Produccion de la Propiedad Intelectual and the Public Ministry, the...
By Hiawatha Bray, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 15--The leaders of America's music recording, software, and computer industries yesterday vowed to find voluntary solutions to the problem of music and software piracy. But already, disagreements have arisen over...
Jan 08, 2003 (The Sydney Morning Herald - ABIX via COMTEX) A 19-year-old Norwegian hacker has been cleared of data tampering after he broke the anti-piracy codes used on DVD films. The Motion Picture Association of America had complained to Norwegian police that Jon...
Brazil, Dec 5, 2002 (O Globo/SABI via COMTEX) The Brazilian association of software companies Abes Associacao and BSA Business Software Alliance have reported 450 anti-piracy actions between January and November 2002. The Uniao de Combate a Pirataria, which joins several entities of the sector,...
Brazil, Dec 4, 2002 (Folha de Sao Paulo/SABI via COMTEX) The software piracy generates net gains of 700% in Brazil. The Brazilian software companies association Abes Associacao Brasileira das Empresas de Software and the BSA Business Software Alliance have performed 450 anti-piracy actions in...
By Hiawatha Bray, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 25--OPEN-SOURCE MOVEMENT FACES BIG ADVERSARIES: His speech completed, Eben Moglen retreated into the living room of MIT computer science professor Hal Abelson, uncapped a pen, and wrote out a check ...
