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• 23 per cent of software in Australia is pirated: BSA

  By Patrick Budmar | 18 May, 2012 16:40

  While the recording industry has been fighting a fierce battle to deal with the piracy of music, the software industry has been engaged in the same fight, though not as openly.

• PC users admit to pirating software - $US63 billion worth of it

  By Kenneth Corbin | 16 May, 2012 04:35

  More than half of global PC users admit that they pirate software at least occasionally, contributing to a black-market economy estimated at $US63.4 billion in 2011, up from $US58.8 billion the previous year, according to a new survey from the Business Software Alliance.

• iiBuy case a warning for resellers dealing with pirated software: Microsoft

  By Patrick Budmar | 30 April, 2012 16:15

  How much does it cost to infringe on Microsoft’s copyright?

• Melbourne company coughs up $150K for using unlicensed software

  By Julia Talevski | 08 September, 2011 16:46

  Whistleblower gets $20,000 reward for reporting illegal software use to BSA

• Police grab pirated software, issue warning

  By Spandas Lui | 02 May, 2011 09:30

  The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has issued a warning to consumers about buying cheap counterfeit computing products after seizing malicious software from resident in Lyndhurst, Victoria.

• U.S. government to crack down on piracy

  By Grant Gross | 23 June, 2010 03:23

  U.S. President Barack Obama's administration will seek to aggressively enforce its intellectual property laws by putting pressure on countries that don't shut down piracy Web sites and by requiring all government contractors to check for illegal software, the White House announced.

• Irish ISP launches pilot program aimed at file sharers

  By Jeremy Kirk | 24 May, 2010 22:53

  Irish ISP Eircom launched a three-month pilot program on Monday that will see those who repeatedly share files under copyright cut off from their Internet service.

• Report: More work needed to combat software piracy

  By Julia Talevski | 13 May, 2010 13:39

  Despite the Global Financial Crisis (GFC), last year was surprisingly positive in the fight against software piracy, according to a new study.

• Software piracy rate up 2% in 2009, study finds

  By Jim Duffy | 12 May, 2010 02:57

  Expanding PC sales in emerging market is increasing the rate of software piracy, according to a recent study by industry watchers.

• UK legal firm faces investigation over net piracy letters

  By Carrie-Ann Skinner | 07 March, 2010 02:51

  A legal firm which has accused a number of Brits of illegally file-sharing, is being investigated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA).

• Illegal downloading using corporate networks on the up

  By Carrie-Ann Skinner | 14 January, 2010 02:13

  The number of office workers using their corporate network to illegally file-share has increased, says ScanSafe.

• Music sharer asks for reduced fine, retrial

  By Nancy Gohring | 05 January, 2010 11:35

  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.

• Software piracy doubles for Microsoft

  By Anuradha Shukla | 10 December, 2009 10:31

  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.

• Chinese 'Tomato Garden' software pirates get jail terms

  By Sumner Lemon | 24 August, 2009 05:11

  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.

• Court fines man $210K for selling software copies

  By Grant Gross | 18 August, 2009 06:59

  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.