Archives for Computer piracy
Has Microsoft gone soft on piracy?
Users of illegitimate Windows XP copies will be allowed to download and install Microsoft's upcoming security patch -- Service Pack 2 (SP2), according to one Microsoft executive. This wasn't the…
Legal software in Ukraine: Problems of the making Computer piracy in Ukraine is prosecuted
The orientation of the software market towards disposing of counterfeit products is inadmissible for the civilized state. The use of unlicensed software is a serious obstacle in the way of…
Five Myths About Software Copy Protection
1. Software piracy is a victimless crime. 2. Software copy protection makes software more expensive. 3. Software copy protection gets in the way of the legitimate user. 4. Inexpensive software…
Standards for Evaluating Software Protection Systems
If you or your company has decided to protect your software, you will probably be evaluating hardware-based security solutions, commonly called "dongles." What should you look for in a software…
Software Computer Piracy and Your Business
Small Business Administration The personal computer (PC) has become a necessity for today's successful small business operations. These increasingly powerful machines use sophisticated software programs for a variety of applications.…
Software Piracy: What You Should Know
Whether you call it borrowing, copying, sharing or "fair use," software piracy is illegal and puts Cornell's students, faculty and staff, as well as the university itself, at risk for…
Piracy group resurrects after being raided
In April of this year, a piracy crackdown operation, codenamed ”Operation Fastlink”, was launched in several countries including United States, Sweden, Germany, Israel, Hungary, Denmark and France. The entire crackdown…
Despite piracy, BMI posts record year
One of the largest music companies in the world, BMI, has posted record profits for the 2004 fiscal year despite piracy and fair use. BMI reported revenues of $673 million,…
Scottish man jailed for piracy
Scottish man was jailed for 9 months after being accused of pirating £750,000 worth of Software. Brendan Timoney, 40, of the village of Coatbridge, in north Lanarkshire pleaded guilty to…
What is Piracy?
Over the past several years, advances in computer software have brought us time-saving business programs, educational software that teaches basic skills and sophisticated subjects, graphics programs that have revolutionized the…