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InternetNews November 30, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas	Microsoft Swats at Phony COAs On Tuesday, Microsoft said it filed eight lawsuits across the U.S. against defendants who allegedly distributed counterfeit Microsoft Certificates Of Authority (COA) labels or distributed genuine COA labels that could be used on pirated software.
InternetNews April 11, 2005 Jim Wagner	Microsoft in Dealer Crackdown The Redmond giant files suits against eight PC retailers for selling bogus copies of Windows software.
InternetNews September 17, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas	Feds Seize $87M in Counterfeit Software Sting Biggest-ever haul includes phonied Microsoft, Adobe and Symantec products.
InternetNews June 15, 2005 Jim Wagner	Microsoft Software Piracy Crackdown Continues Microsoft again went on the offensive with lawsuits against software pirates.
InternetNews December 31, 2008 Andy Patrizio	China Jails Multibillion-Dollar Piracy Ring And Microsoft understandably couldn't be happier.
InternetNews September 19, 2006 Nicholas Carlson	Microsoft Sues 20 More Microsoft announced another 20 lawsuits today against counterfeit software distributors.
InternetNews September 19, 2005 Tim Gray	Microsoft Sues 8 Resellers Over Fakes Microsoft has filed separate lawsuits against eight of its resellers for allegedly passing off counterfeit copies of its software through distribution channels.
InternetNews May 24, 2005 Roy Mark	House Closes Counterfeiting Loopholes The U.S. House voted to close two loopholes in federal law that allow counterfeiters to avoid prosecution and profit from illegal activities.
PC Magazine September 26, 2007 Alison Lapp	The Fake Software Empire An FBI sting uncovered a vast network for phony software, but there's more at risk than Microsoft losing money.
InternetNews October 4, 2004 Roy Mark	U.S. Launches New Anti-Piracy Campaign U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick says Internet and sophisticated duplication technology have taken piracy to unprecedented levels.
InternetNews December 15, 2005 Jim Wagner	Microsoft Taking 10 More to Task Microsoft continued its litigious streak against alleged software pirates, this time targeting individuals participating in the company's discount software program.
InternetNews November 24, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas	Brits Get Replacements for Phony XP Microsoft will swap out phony copies of Windows XP for the real thing, but only in the U.K.
InternetNews November 2, 2007 Stuart J. Johnston	Website, Lawsuits Take Aim at Pirates Microsoft opens a new site to educate users on how to spot illicit software, and also sues 20 alleged vendors for selling pirated copies of its software.
InternetNews May 13, 2010 Larry Barrett	Software Pirates Swipe Billions in Booty New figures from the Business Software Alliance finds that while software piracy has leveled off in the U.S., the trade of stolen or counterfeit software is still booming.
CIO July 1, 2005 Elana Varon	$33 Billion-Gone! 35% of all software installed on the world's personal computers is pirated, according to a global study.
InternetNews March 9, 2006 Clint Boulton	Microsoft's Piracy Fight Takes a New Road Microsoft, whose products are among the most pirated in the world, created the Genuine Software Initiative to protect its consumers and resellers from bogus software.
CFO June 1, 2008 Randy Myers	Counter Attack As phony goods flood the market, companies fight to protect their brands. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency blames counterfeit merchandise for the loss of more than 750,000 American jobs.
InternetNews October 31, 2006 Ed Sutherland	Microsoft's Counterfeit Auction Dragnet In its largest effort so far, Microsoft said it filed suit against 50 online dealers who used eBay and other Internet auction sites to sell counterfeit products to unaware consumers and businesses.
InternetNews May 17, 2007 Clint Boulton	Symantec Wants Pirates' Millions Symantec is seeking $55 million in damages from eight civil lawsuits against companies it accused of trying to turn a buck by selling counterfeit copies of Symantec security software.
BusinessWeek February 7, 2005	Uniting Business to Fight Fakes Vivendi's Jean-Rene Fourtou, former International Chamber of Commerce head, talks about a new coordinated counteroffensive against counterfeiting.
InternetNews November 29, 2007 Larry Barrett	SIIA Launches eBay Certification Program The Software & Information Industry Association on Tuesday launched an effort to at least stem the flow of pirated and counterfeit software sold on eBay - an initiative it calls the Certified Software Reseller program.
InternetNews June 29, 2006 Roy Mark	Curtains For NYC 'Cammer' Movie Pirates Three-year investigation accuses 22 of camcording films and distributing the bootlegs over the Web.
InternetNews October 13, 2005 Roy Mark	Feds Bust Massive Piracy Scheme A federal grand jury indicted three San Francisco-area men Wednesday for their involvement in what the music industry calls the largest illegal CD manufacturing seizure in the United States.
IndustryWeek July 1, 2008 Jill Jusko	Counterfeiters Be Gone Strategies to stymie IP thieves include well-placed technologies.
PC World December 13, 2001 Todd R. Weiss	Feds Crack Software Piracy Rings Two-year probe targeted international groups illegally distributing software, games, and movies online...
PC World February 2006 Spring & McLaughlin	Fakes! Counterfeit hardware is making its way to online merchants and to stores near you. And poor performance isn't the only risk: Bogus parts can be hazardous to your health.
BusinessWeek May 28, 2009 Cliff Edwards	HP Gets Tough on Ink Counterfeiters With ink profits drying up, the tech giant is making anti-piracy efforts a top priority.
InternetNews December 19, 2006 Michael Hickins	Microsoft 'Firm But Fair' on Piracy Microsoft settled out of court with French digital disk replicator MPO for having infringed on its copyrights.
IndustryWeek May 1, 2007 Jill Jusko	Supply Chain Management: Foiling Fakes Counterfeit products are depriving manufacturers of revenue, harming brand integrity and in some cases, compromising safety. Manufacturers are fighting to keep phony goods out of their supply chains.
InternetNews July 18, 2006 Ed Sutherland	Microsoft v. Pirates: 26 New Lawsuits Filed Microsoft filed suit against more than two dozen companies charged with loading pirated software on computers they sold.
IndustryWeek June 1, 2008 Jill Jusko	Counterfeiting, Piracy Continue to Thrive Globally U.S. government, associations, companies remain on the offensive to combat intellectual property theft.
PC World August 2003 Tom Spring	Bogus Ink Stink Counterfeit ink and toner cartridges can ruin prints, spray ink, and permanently damage your printer. Part one of a series on cheap ink.
Entrepreneur June 2006 Jane Easter Bahls	Hitting Hard Piracy laws just got tougher.
National Defense June 2014 Clark Silcox	New Strategies to Combat Counterfeit Parts Counterfeiting in the electrical sector has become a growing global problem with multiple dimensions including intellectual property theft, loss of tax revenue to governments, consumer deception, and more.
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2010 John Keller	Revenge of COTS Procurement: Counterfeit Parts A decade and a half after military commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) procurement burst onto the scene in a big way, the scourge of high tech counterfeit electronic parts is still with us, but industry finally seems to be getting off the dime to do something about it.
InternetNews June 22, 2010	SIIA Cracks Down on European Software Pirates After years of investigating and prosecuting U.S.-based software pirates, the trade association turns its attention thieves based in Europe.
InternetNews January 22, 2007 Ed Sutherland	It's Piracy Education, Just Not That Kind Microsoft's Genuine Facts File hopes to teach Windows consumers the advantages of staying legal.
Entrepreneur June 2007 Gwen Moran	It's a Fake! Learn how to steer clear of counterfeit merchandise.
Information Today December 31, 2007 George H. Pike	Congress Proposes to Enhance IP Enforcement and Penalties The Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property (PRO-IP) Act, H.R. 4279, proposes a number of steps to strengthen the enforcement of copyright, trademark, and patent laws and to increase criminal and civil penalties for copyright infringement.
InternetNews September 29, 2004 Roy Mark	House Toughens Penalties on P2Ps Bill calls for criminal penalties of up to five years for willfully distributing copyrighted works.
BusinessWeek October 9, 2006 Carol Matlack	Fed Up With Fakes LVMH and other luxury brands are aiming big guns at online purveyors of knockoffs.
IEEE Spectrum May 2006 Pecht & Tiku	Bogus! Electronic manufacturing and consumers confront a rising tide of counterfeit electronics. Feeding this problem is the shift of manufacturing to China, the growing sophistication of technology, and the rise of the Internet as a marketplace.
InternetNews February 13, 2008 Larry Barrett	SIIA Takes eBay Pirates to Court A software association strikes its sharpest blow yet in its ongoing war with pirates hawking wares online.
InternetNews September 28, 2005 Susan Kuchinskas	Symantec and Microsoft Bring Down Pirate Anti-piracy efforts catch a scammer who created counterfeit copies of Symantec and Microsoft software.
BusinessWeek April 7, 2011 Michael White	Hollywood: Organized Crime Goes to the Movies International gangs are cornering the market for pirated DVDs.
InternetNews November 2, 2009	Software Pirate Gets 41 Months in Prison Virginia man incarcerated after years of selling phony Adobe software apps on eBay for years.
InternetNews November 12, 2009	SIIA, Adobe Take Online Pirates to Court The Software & Information Industry Association on Thursday said it has filed six new software piracy lawsuits on behalf of Adobe Systems, charging the sextet with selling infringing or counterfeit versions of the popular applications online.
InternetNews October 4, 2006 Ed Sutherland	Vista to Downgrade Pirates Users of pirated versions can access only limited features, according to Microsoft. But could it be bad PR?
InternetNews December 13, 2007 Sean Gallagher	Consumer, Industry Groups Spar Over Piracy Bill PRO IP's supporters testify in Washington that the act will curb counterfeit bags and DVDs. Critics fear it will hurt fair use and new media models.
The Motley Fool February 5, 2011 Kurt Bakke	Microsoft: Software Piracy Supports Violence, Kidnapping The company says software knockoffs help fund foreign crime.