British software pirate faces up to 10 years in jail
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| A British man who was selling £12,000 software for £12 on eBay faces up to 10
| years in prison. He pleaded guilty to copyright infringement and will be
| sentenced in February.
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http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2008/01/15/uk_software_pirate_ebay/
Why not just Free software? In the parallel universe of 'network terrorism':
An interview with the misguided RIAA
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| Regardless, this interview depicts the RIAA exactly how they want to be
| perceived--a group that relies on (and enjoys) lawsuits. It's an organization
| that has little idea of what we truly want as consumers and, for some reason,
| has a severe distaste for college students.
|
| In response to my column, one RIAA representative told me that it's easy "to
| sit on the sidelines and take potshots. It's less easy when you actually have
| a dog in the fight."
|
| Is it really? Personally, I think it's a sad day when an organization needs
| to call upon its high-powered lawyers just because it has "a dog in the
| fight." Along with that, what is that dog in the fight? The artists or the
| record labels? My guess is the latter.
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http://blogs.cnet.com/8301-13506_1-9850568-17.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Swedish prosecutors dump 4,000 legal docs on The Pirate Bay
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| One group that remains unconcerned in the face of possible prosecution is the
| administrators of The Pirate Bay. Last November, Peter Sunde told Ars that,
| should charges come, he's sure of a legal victory. "I'm quite confident we're
| gonna win and I was expecting this to happen," he said. "[Swedish prosecutor
| Håkan] Roswall is also a very biased man, so I'm glad to take it to court
| instead of letting him dig around my personal life for no apparent reason.
| Actually, it's kinda funny."
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080114-swedish-prosecutors-dump-4000-legal-docs-on-the-pirate-bay.html
Rebranding the RIAA
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| The new organisation obviously needs the full Strategy Boutique treatment.
| But to begin with, what would it be called? The "Recording Industry Ass. of
| America" is hard act to follow.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/15/riaa_competition_results/
Related:
Software Group Targets Small Business
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| Enraged, CEO Sterling Ball vowed never to use Microsoft software again, even
| if "we have to buy 10,000 abacuses." He shifted to open-source software,
| which lacks such legal entanglements because its underlying code is freely
| distributed.
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/S/SOFTWARE_WATCHDOG?SITE=INLAF&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
Anti-copying programs may slow piracy
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| The technology has provoked some hostility, because it enables Microsoft to
| remotely examine user computers. After analyzing such information as the
| computer's manufacturer, hard drive serial number and Windows product
| identification, Microsoft can block access to certain software functions if
| it suspects the product was illegally copied.
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| Microsoft does not offer piracy statistics specific for its software. But the
| company says it appears its plan is working. As evidence, the company notes
| that in the last quarter, Windows sales were up 20 percent while worldwide PC
| sales were up only 14 to 16 percent. Microsoft said the difference reflected
| the fact that people with counterfeit copies of Windows were having to put
| the real thing on their existing computers.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071125/ap_on_hi_te/piracy_technology
How the BSA nets piracy suspects
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| The Business Software Alliance collects tens of millions of dollars in
| settlements from companies it accuses of software piracy, but it doesn't have
| to file lawsuits to do it. Instead the BSA usually gets companies to convict
| themselves through a "self audit."
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071125/ap_on_hi_te/bsa_audits
Hypocrisy off the port bow!
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| Admiral Holleyman of the Bull Shit Association dares claim that our craft
| makes his skainsmates lose (that's the opposite o' win, for all ye
| spelling-retarded coppocias) $11 billion US dollars every year. Hoy-day! A
| flight of fancy I've ne'er seen before such bardleture came before me! Such
| presumptuous posy overflows my yellow bile. As if every man of the
| brotherhood would actually buy the programs he pirates! Bah! Next, I wager
| he'll be so bloody daft to presume that blokes should actually read a license
| agreement, the likes o' which have never been, and may yet never be enforced
| in full.
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http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/364
Microsoft Happy with the Evolution of Windows Vista Piracy
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| But the truth is that Microsoft is happy with the way Windows Vista
| piracy is evolving. Is there a catch to this? No. The fact of the
| matter is that Windows Vista has delivered a heavy blow to
| software counterfeiters. The reason for this is the new Windows
| Genuine Advantage security mechanism integrated into the
| operating system.
|
| You may not notice this on the surface. On the surface, the
| Internet is crawling with Windows Vista cracks, hacks and
| workarounds. On the surface, every Windows Vista edition has
| been cracked and is available for download via peer-to-peer
| networks. But this is not the true extent of Windows Vista piracy.
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http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Happy-with-the-Evolution-of-Windows-Vista-Piracy-50577.shtml
Microsoft seals its Windows and opens the door to Linux
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| Now comes the really interesting question. With Vista's activation
| technology, Microsoft has the power to stamp out piracy everywhere. But
| will it choose to do so everywhere? After all, if folks in China or
| Thailand or Ethiopia have to pay for Vista, they won't be able to run
| it because they won't be able to afford the licence fee. In which case
| they may finally wake up to the attractions of free software such as
| Linux - and it's easy to imagine what that will do to Microsoft's
| plans for world domination.
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| It's a delicious prospect: Microsoft impaling itself on the horns
| of a dilemma it has created for itself. Roll on Thursday.
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http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,,1956941,00.html
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