Stories about: Business Software Alliance

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    Microsoft links malware rates to pirated Windows 03/11/2009 07:21:00

    Microsoft today said computers in countries with high rates of software piracy are more likely to be infected by malicious code because users are leery of applying security patches.
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    License audits: Preparing now can ease the pain 21/09/2009 06:03:00

    Oracle licensing consultant Eliot Arlo Colon still remembers the enormous global publishing company that was "so darn confident" it would breeze through an upcoming software license audit unscathed.
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    Software license audits come in multiple flavors 21/09/2009 06:03:00

    There are several types of software license audits, each with their own risks and variables, experts say.
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    Gotcha! Pursuing software pirates 15/09/2009 08:06:00

    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.
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    Court fines man $210K for selling software copies 18/08/2009 06:59:00

    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.
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    Open-source adoption faces extra obstacles in China 16/07/2009 04:38:00

    The uphill battle that open-source programs face to steal ground from proprietary software comes with added pitfalls in China, where problems like software piracy take away strengths that open source has elsewhere.
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    Global PC software piracy up because of China, India 12/05/2009 22:50:00

    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).
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    Aussie pirates out-sail Swedes: research 06/02/2009 15:38:00

    More people use pirate software in Australia than in Sweden, according to a report by research firm IDC.
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    A brief tour of the software pirate underground scene 09/12/2008 08:29:00

    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.
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    European public sector open-source guidelines spark debate 26/09/2008 07:58:00

    Should European governments favor open-source software when they hold tenders for public contracts? Economists and policy makers appear to think so but industry giants including Microsoft argue that this would be discriminatory and are considering legal action to prevent this from happening.
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    EFF, Public Knowledge sue US gov't over secret IP pact 19/09/2008 08:11:00

    Two digital rights advocacy groups have filed a lawsuit against the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) in an attempt to get the office to turn over information about a secret international treaty being negotiated to step up cross-border enforcement of copyright and piracy laws.
 
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