"At what point is one free of this" perpetual checking, asks Lauren Weinstein
The Internet advocate who blasted Microsoft in 2006 over the daily "phone home" habits of its anti-piracy software took the company to task again today for a new practice that will examine consumers' Windows 7 PCs every 90 days to make sure they're running legitimate copies of the OS.
Won't now face hundreds of millions in damages over Windows XP anti-piracy updates
A federal judge has killed class-action allegations in a lawsuit that accused Microsoft of misleading consumers when it fed them anti-piracy software under the auspices of a critical security update, according to court documents.
The inside story of how corporate software piracy cases are investigated and prosecuted. Hint: They often start with an IT informant.
You might not realize it, but two out of every 10 of your co-workers might be using pirated software, according to industry statistics. You might be, too, for that matter, particularly if you work in manufacturing or at a small or midsize company with 100 to 500 PCs. You just might not know it.
U.S., U.K. and 11 other countries added to 'voluntary' program that pesters pirates with on-screen messages
Microsoft Corp. today announced it was expanding an antipiracy program for Office to the U.S., the U.K. and 11 other countries that will identify pirated copies of the suite and nag users with on-screen messages.
Repeat offenders cut off from web for one year
Legislation which will see illegal file sharers disconnected from the internet has been passed by the French National Assembly, despite initially being rejected last month.
The company rebrands Windows Genuine Advantage "Windows Activation Technology" in Windows 7
Microsoft has rebranded its Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) validation system in Windows 7, likely an attempt to shed the controversial image of the antipiracy program.
A Rhode Island jury found the company infringes on a patent held by Uniloc
A jury in Rhode Island found Microsoft guilty of patent infringement, ordering it to pay US$38 million to Uniloc, the patent holder.
The eyes of the file-sharing community remained on Sweden on Tuesday as the trial of four men from The Pirate Bay search engine continued in Stockholm.
The eyes of the file-sharing community remained on Sweden on Tuesday as the trial of four men from The Pirate Bay continued in Stockholm.
The trial against four people involved in running The Pirate Bay will get started on Monday in Stockholm.
The trial against four people involved in running The Pirate Bay, one of the most widely used BitTorrent trackers for music, movies and software, will start on Monday in Stockholm.
Men charged with money laundering.
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) yesterday arrested and charged two Brisbane men with money laundering offences linked to a BitTorrent tracker site. A $54,000 bank account belonging to one of the men was subsequently frozen.
1 million DVDs and CDs seized.
In what could be the largest piracy bust to date in Australia, NSW Police this morning seized an estimated 1 million DVDs and CDs in Sydney. The raids took place when police executed search warrants on four properties in Camden and one in the Green Valley area, uncovering the largest known cache of pirated music and Asian movies in Australia.
Argues that fines are "grossly excessive".
A Harvard law professor has opened a new front in the battle between the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and alleged music pirates by challenging the constitutionality of a statute being used by the industry group to bring lawsuits against alleged copyright violators.
A third suspected member of a national piracy syndicate has been arrested, with police raiding his home and seizing nearly 10,000 pirated discs.
Victorian Police have raided the home of a 62 year old man believed to be a prominent member of a national piracy syndicate.
Ease of use has driven "media-savvy" consumers to piracy, but a new initiative has the power to lure them back.
Ease of use has driven "media-savvy" consumers to piracy when it comes to obtaining digital entertainment, but a new industry initiative has the potential to lure them back to legal methods, according to an executive at Alcatel-Lucent.
Microsoft has updated anti-piracy checks for Windows XP Pro to make it more like Windows Vista.
Microsoft has updated software that verifies whether a copy of Windows is genuine in its Windows XP Professional edition, making it similar to the notification in Windows Vista and thus more persistently visible to users.
