Piracy and lack of access to PC gaming is having an impact on the industry
While the buzz topics at the 2010 Game Developers Conference are primarily related to the social and casual gaming space, two issues in traditional PC gaming are driving a lot of conversation among big names in the games industry.
Legal watchdog agrees with compliant made by Which?
A legal firm which has accused a number of Brits of illegally file-sharing, is being investigated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA).
Employees think they can use the net at work in the same way as at home
The number of office workers using their corporate network to illegally file-share has increased, says ScanSafe.
Joel Tenenbaum was ordered last year to pay $675,000 for sharing 30 songs
The student ordered to pay US$675,000 for sharing music online has asked for a new trial and for a reduction in the amount of damages he must pay.
Receives 700 voluntary reports in Hong Kong
Microsoft has experienced an increase in the number of voluntary reports in the past two years. More than 150,000 people unknowingly purchased counterfeit software that carried viruses or malware.
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.
Court also levies fines on four people convicted of copyright infringement in the case
A Chinese court has sentenced four people to jail for pirating Microsoft's Windows XP operating system, China's state-owned media reported on Friday.
A Delaware man allegedly tried to sell $11,900 worth of software for $45, the BSA says
A U.S. judge has ordered a Delaware man who sold copies of software packages on an Internet auction site to pay US$210,563 in damages and court costs, the Business Software Alliance (BSA) announced Monday.
Global Gaming Factory X, a Swedish company, is in the process of purchasing The Pirate Bay
With all the outrage over The Pirate Bay going legit, I think it's time to reconsider the merits of illegally media sharing. The world has changed since Napster introduced peer-to-peer file sharing in 1999, and the culture that made the practice seem necessary has transformed.
The largest revenue loss from piracy comes from the US
PC software piracy was on the upswing in 2008 for the second year in a row, because PC shipments grew fastest in high-piracy countries like China and India, according to a study released Tuesday by the Business Software Alliance (BSA).
A Microsoft executive also said the recession will not hinder the company's hiring efforts in China
Microsoft could reduce losses from software piracy by expanding pay-as-you-go plans like those it has tested in developing countries, a company executive said Wednesday.
A Texas man is sentenced to 41 months in prison for selling counterfeit software.
A 24-year-old Texas man has been sentenced to 41 months in prison for selling counterfeit software on about 40 Web sites, the US Department of Justice said.
Two U.S. men are indicted on charges related to software counterfeiting.
Two U.S men have been indicted on several software counterfeiting related charges for allegedly selling pirated software on eBay and through Web sites.
59 percent think pirate software is as good as the real thing.
More people use pirate software in Australia than in Sweden, according to a report by research firm IDC.
Antipiracy vendors say no software is invulnerable
When people think of software pirates, they usually envision college kids downloading games off BitTorrent, or adults getting too-good-to-be-true bargains off eBay, or street stalls lined with DVDs in Third World cities.
