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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 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. |
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. |
InternetNews
June 15, 2005
Jim Wagner |
Microsoft Software Piracy Crackdown Continues Microsoft again went on the offensive with lawsuits against software pirates. |
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
September 19, 2006
Nicholas Carlson |
Microsoft Sues 20 More Microsoft announced another 20 lawsuits today against counterfeit software distributors. |
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
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
April 3, 2007
Michael Hickins |
Tipsters Help Microsoft Nab Overseas Thieves Microsoft filed nine lawsuits and issued more than 50 cease-and-desist letters today against international smugglers accused of diverting discounted copies of its software into the United States. |
InternetNews
December 26, 2007 |
Microsoft's Piracy Fight Gains Momentum in China Microsoft continues reaping the benefits of Beijing's efforts to curb illegal wares. |
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. |
InternetNews
December 10, 2008
Richard Adhikari |
SIIA Hits Illegal Software Sales Online Just months after saying it would target illegal software sellers on sites other than eBay, its perennial target, the Software Information and Industry Association today filed suit against eight illegal software sellers on Amazon.com, eBay and iOffer.com. |
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
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
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
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. |
InternetNews
May 12, 2009
Kenneth Corbin |
BSA: Software Industry Lost $53B to Piracy in 2008 Industry group warns of escalating losses from unlicensed software. |
InternetNews
March 15, 2006
Sean Michael Kerner |
Counterfeit Microsoft Software on eBay? Microsoft is currently pursuing at least eight separate lawsuits against alleged software pirates who sold counterfeit Microsoft software on eBay. |
InternetNews
August 31, 2010 |
Microsoft Slaps e-Commerce Site With Piracy Suit Microsoft hits online software reseller Jigantic.com with a lawsuit alleging the outfit traded in pirated copies of SQL Server 2008 and passing off Software Assurance contracts as legitimate licenses. |
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 27, 2004
Colin C. Haley |
Microsoft Cheers Anti-Counterfeiting Law The measure takes aim at fake labels on software. The anti-counterfeiting bill is one of several signed by President Bush. |
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
May 16, 2007
Roy Mark |
Software Piracy Rates Fall in China, Russia Software piracy rates are falling in China and Russia, according to a new study. |
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
July 7, 2004
Erin Joyce |
Software Piracy Losses Add Up to $29B BSA changes its study focus on who's stealing software and yields new nuggets. |
InternetNews
December 15, 2005
Roy Mark |
Merry Christmas From The RIAA The music industry dropped 751 copyright-infringement lawsuits in the mail today, bringing the total number of legal actions this year against alleged peer-to-peer infringers to more than 7,000. |
InternetNews
August 25, 2009 |
'Office Genuine Advantage' Extended to U.S. Office now needs to be 'voluntarily' validated by users in the U.S. and 40 other nations. |
InternetNews
September 11, 2006
Ed Sutherland |
Software Pirate Fined, Going to Jail A California man was sentenced to 87 months, or more than seven years, in prison and ordered to repay $5.4 million in what federal prosecutors called the largest U.S. software piracy operation. |
InternetNews
April 13, 2009
David Needle |
Software Pirates Look Familiar Business Software Alliance shows confessional videos of people, including a grandmother, arrested for selling counterfeit software. |
InternetNews
March 23, 2004
Roy Mark |
RIAA Keeps Pressure on P2P Users Record companies file another 500 lawsuits against music file sharers, including those using college servers. |
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. |
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
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
November 22, 2006
Clint Boulton |
SIIA Stops Software Pirates The Software & Information Industry Association, which doggedly pursues people who sell pirated software for a discount, said this week that it settled with two defendants who were illegally selling Symantec software through eBay. |
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
December 31, 2008
Andy Patrizio |
China Jails Multibillion-Dollar Piracy Ring And Microsoft understandably couldn't be happier. |
IndustryWeek
August 1, 2007
Brad Kenney |
Are You A Software Pirate And You Don't Even Know It? Business Software Alliance aims to stem the tide of pirated business software in manufacturing. |
Entrepreneur
June 2006
Jane Easter Bahls |
Hitting Hard Piracy laws just got tougher. |
InternetNews
November 1, 2007
Larry Barrett |
SIIA Gunning For Online Software Pirates The trade association is serious about tracking down and prosecuting thieves selling pilfered or counterfeit software on eBay. |
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... |
InternetNews
March 12, 2007
Michael Hickins |
BSA Sacks Software Pirates The Business Software Alliance is taking its anti-piracy campaign on the road with suits around the world. |
InternetNews
May 18, 2005
Susan Kuchinskas |
Software Piracy Down, Losses Up New Business Software Alliance stats show the economic impact of illegal software. |
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. |
InternetNews
December 4, 2007
Sean Gallagher |
Vista SP1 to End Genuine Advantage 'Kill Switch' Microsoft will take a gentler approach to fighting Windows Vista piracy and won't disable the OS for systems it can't verify as "genuine." |
InternetNews
October 5, 2007
David Needle |
Piracy's Other Price - Jobs Report says 373,375 Americans currently unemployed can thank motion picture, sound recording, video game and software pirates for the lack of job opportunities. |
Information Today
August 2007
Keith Kupferschmid |
Feature: SIIA Gets Tough on Software Piracy Selling illegal software on internet auctions becomes a much riskier business, now that the Software & Information Industry Association has started to sue online pirates. |
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
May 7, 2009
Stuart J. Johnston |
Microsoft Details WGA's Successor in Piracy Fight After the WGA's spotty record, will the latest version of Windows activation win more users' hearts and minds? |
BusinessWeek
July 22, 2010
Dina Bass |
Microsoft Crosses Swords with Pirates Microsoft employs digital forensics and other technologies to help law-enforcement authorities bust counterfeiter syndicates. |
The Motley Fool
February 5, 2011
Kurt Bakke |
Microsoft: Software Piracy Supports Violence, Kidnapping The company says software knockoffs help fund foreign crime. |
