M$'s Software War

<http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/07/technology/07piracy.html> Chasing Pirates: Inside Microsoft's War Room By ASHLEE VANCE AS the sun rose over the mountains circling Los Reyes, a town in the Mexican state of Michoac‡n, one morning in ...

Message posted on the November 7th, 2010 - 3:01 AM ET

Rosetta Stone Continues Fight Against Software Piracy, Making Online Shopping Safer for Consumers

Company Announces 35 Arrests and Over 100 Civil Settlements in Software Piracy Cases.

Press published on the November 28th, 2012 - 10:07 AM ET

Software Piracy Milestone Reached: More than $1 Billion in Revenue Opportunity Identified by Top Customers using V.i. Labs’ CodeArmor Intelligence

V.i. Labs’ data suggests current BSA estimates of worldwide piracy problem may be conservative.

Press published on the May 12th, 2011 - 3:09 AM ET

V.i. Labs to Lead Discussion on Software Piracy and License Revenue Recovery

Panel will feature thought leaders from SIIA and FAST discussing current successful approaches used by software vendors in the U.S. and U.K. to recover revenue.

Press published on the February 2nd, 2011 - 6:00 AM ET

Software piracy : a Japanese manufacturer to pay $3.3 million

The Business Software Alliance has settled on the largest friendly agreement in their history. A Japanese manufacturer has accepted to pay a $3.3 million settlement for the use of unlicensed software.

News published on the July 6th, 2010 - 3:28 PM ET

LG accused of software piracy in Russia

Russian authorities have opened an investigation against the Russian branch of the South Korean electronics maker. LG is accused of using pirated software.

News published on the September 2nd, 2010 - 10:20 AM ET

SDSU Professors Report Public Sector Corruption and Economic Strength as Key Contributors to Software Piracy

The College of Business Administration at San Diego State University (SDSU) announced today that SDSU professors Dr. Bruce A. Reinig and Robert K. Plice have published research that establishes the precursors of ...

Press published on the March 24th, 2011 - 2:00 AM ET

Software Piracy Experts Launch Compliance Data Service

V.i. Labs Database of Non-Compliant Organizations Helps ISVs Accelerate Revenue Recovery Programs.

Press published on the December 21st, 2011 - 8:00 AM ET

Re. Microsoft gets convicted of piracy and loses appeal..

>And they have the nerve to self righteously whine about >people pirating their products when they have no problem pirating >others' products. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9142611/Court_rejects_Microsoft_appeal_bans_Word_sales ...

Message posted on the December 23rd, 2009 - 4:28 PM ET

Selling Free Software: An Analogy

People often conflate proprietary software with commercial software, believing software can only be sold if it's proprietary, because a proprietary license is the only thing that prevents people from using software without paying. In fact that is ...

Message posted on the August 11th, 2011 - 4:39 AM ET

Praising Apple for fewer anti-piracy efforts is stupid

Thanks for that Blog exaplining how to clean-install Upgrade medi aon a virgin machine. But one person there made a typical "greedy corporation" stupid remark there. He says Apple is not torturing customers with regsitry, hacks, etc in ...

Message posted on the October 23rd, 2009 - 7:07 PM ET

Software Popularity Stats, 21st July 2011

Software Popularity Stats, 21st July 2011. Top 10 Windows Downloads (download.com). | No | Downloads | Name | Type | |--| | 1 | 986,907 | AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition | Anti-Malware | | 2 | 932,743 ...

Message posted on the July 20th, 2011 - 10:41 PM ET

Microsoft's new 'phone home' anti-piracy practice unacceptable, says critic

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9156518/Microsoft_s_new_phone_home_anti_piracy_practice_unacceptable_says_critic The article for those running Windows and are afraid to click on urls in Usenet messages: The Internet advocate who blasted ...

Message posted on the February 15th, 2010 - 1:14 PM ET

Kenyans embrace open source software to beat war on piracy

http://www.coastweek.com/kenxin_060112_05.htm Kenyans embrace open source software to beat war on piracy This bit was good A Kenyan Business owner said: It has software that you will find in Windows, most of which is pre-installed making ...

Message posted on the January 9th, 2012 - 4:04 PM ET