Piracy
Microsoft: your children are pirates and proud of it!
By: Davey Winder
File under showing my age: when I was a lad, the worse bit of stealing that most kids did was a handful of penny sweets while the shopkeeper wasn't looking. According to research from Microsoft, these days 11-16 year old kids are most likely to be involved with piracy instead. Indeed, 60 percent of those children asked happily admitted to opting for pirate over legit items...
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By: Davey Winder
File under showing my age: when I was a lad, the worse bit of stealing that most kids did was a handful of penny sweets while the shopkeeper wasn't looking. According to research from Microsoft, these days 11-16 year old kids are most likely to be involved with piracy instead. Indeed, 60 percent of those children asked happily admitted to opting for pirate over legit items...
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French say non to pirates with year long Internet ban
By: Davey Winder
France gets set to get tough on Internet pirates as President Sarkozy tells his cabinet there is no reason why it should be a lawless zone. The HADOPI bill, if made law, will see persistent offenders being banned by all French ISPs.
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By: Davey Winder
France gets set to get tough on Internet pirates as President Sarkozy tells his cabinet there is no reason why it should be a lawless zone. The HADOPI bill, if made law, will see persistent offenders being banned by all French ISPs.
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Thieving British teens average 842 illegal tracks per iPod
By: Davey Winder
The amount of music piracy amongst teenagers in the UK has reached epidemic proportions judging by a new survey, with illegal downloads to iPods the main source. New figures show that the number of illegal tracks on iPods is staggering.
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By: Davey Winder
The amount of music piracy amongst teenagers in the UK has reached epidemic proportions judging by a new survey, with illegal downloads to iPods the main source. New figures show that the number of illegal tracks on iPods is staggering.
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Wii update scuppers imports
By: Mike Bantick
Nintendo have released Wii Menu version 3.3 for download to all those little blue lit gaming consoles. With this small update Nintendo introduce some Mii tweeks and more importantly closes some piracy methods including Freeloader and the Zelda hack.
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By: Mike Bantick
Nintendo have released Wii Menu version 3.3 for download to all those little blue lit gaming consoles. With this small update Nintendo introduce some Mii tweeks and more importantly closes some piracy methods including Freeloader and the Zelda hack.
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Lies, Damned Lies and Percentages
By: David Heath
Dear MPA, if you’re going to value the “losses” caused by video piracy, perhaps you would have more people on your side if you offered numbers that make some kind of sense.
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By: David Heath
Dear MPA, if you’re going to value the “losses” caused by video piracy, perhaps you would have more people on your side if you offered numbers that make some kind of sense.
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Microsoft XP SP3 illegally torrents onto the Internet
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Got Windows XP and feel like breaking the law? We don’t recommend it, for it’s illegal, but XP SP3 is reportedly available on torrent sites – and reportedly will pass the WGA check. Naughty!
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Got Windows XP and feel like breaking the law? We don’t recommend it, for it’s illegal, but XP SP3 is reportedly available on torrent sites – and reportedly will pass the WGA check. Naughty!
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OMG! Windows Vista source code... leaked!
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Yes, it’s mostly, sort-of true – Microsoft’s precious Vista source code is now in the public domain... and while some would say it’s not quite what we were expecting, others say it’s spot on!
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Yes, it’s mostly, sort-of true – Microsoft’s precious Vista source code is now in the public domain... and while some would say it’s not quite what we were expecting, others say it’s spot on!
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Survey confirms broadband users aren’t stupid
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
AVRRA, the Australian Video Rental Retailers Association, says online movie downloads are a ‘tough sell’, referencing a Diffusion Group survey of 1,975 US broadband users claiming that only 9.5% say they regularly download movies. However, there is evidence to suggest that the results are skewed.
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
AVRRA, the Australian Video Rental Retailers Association, says online movie downloads are a ‘tough sell’, referencing a Diffusion Group survey of 1,975 US broadband users claiming that only 9.5% say they regularly download movies. However, there is evidence to suggest that the results are skewed.
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Wow: Microsoft decides now is the time to lower Vista pricing
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Could it be that after years of Windows pricing remaining steady, then going dramatically up with Vista (as hardware prices declined) – that Microsoft has finally learned cheaper prices can actually increase profits?
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Could it be that after years of Windows pricing remaining steady, then going dramatically up with Vista (as hardware prices declined) – that Microsoft has finally learned cheaper prices can actually increase profits?
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Pirate Bay de-scuppered and back on Yahoo
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
What’s going on at the world’s second most popular search engine, Yahoo? First they delist the Pirate Bay, but then they put it back. Did Jack Sparrow call them and have a chat?
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
What’s going on at the world’s second most popular search engine, Yahoo? First they delist the Pirate Bay, but then they put it back. Did Jack Sparrow call them and have a chat?
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Pirate Bay gets scuppered by Yahoo
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Yahoo appears to have removed links to the Pirate Bay from their index, in what could be part of the most recent action against ‘the world’s largest bittorrent tracker’.
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Yahoo appears to have removed links to the Pirate Bay from their index, in what could be part of the most recent action against ‘the world’s largest bittorrent tracker’.
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Asian Software piracy reduction worth US$40 billion: study
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
A new study by anti-piracy group, the BSA (Business Software Alliance) suggests over US$40 billion in economic growth could be achieved over the next four years with a 10% reduction in piracy, generating 435,000 new and jobs over US$5 billion in new tax revenues. Will the buccaneering, bootlegging bandits of Asian software piracy ever stop selling to local businesses, and will those local businesses ever comply with anti-piracy legislation?
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
A new study by anti-piracy group, the BSA (Business Software Alliance) suggests over US$40 billion in economic growth could be achieved over the next four years with a 10% reduction in piracy, generating 435,000 new and jobs over US$5 billion in new tax revenues. Will the buccaneering, bootlegging bandits of Asian software piracy ever stop selling to local businesses, and will those local businesses ever comply with anti-piracy legislation?
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Swedish “Pirate Bay” under new legal attack
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Torrent download site, the Pirate Bay is in the legal firing line once again, this time from lawyers representing Prince and the Village People. However, if the Pirate Bay’s other responses to letters they have received from companies around the world are any indication, their response will likely be little more than a line from the Village People’s hit: you can’t stop the music, nobody can stop the music (or the Pirate Bay!).
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Torrent download site, the Pirate Bay is in the legal firing line once again, this time from lawyers representing Prince and the Village People. However, if the Pirate Bay’s other responses to letters they have received from companies around the world are any indication, their response will likely be little more than a line from the Village People’s hit: you can’t stop the music, nobody can stop the music (or the Pirate Bay!).
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Vivid asks Google and Yahoo to help keep kids away from porn
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
The founder of porn empire Vivid Entertainment has asked Google and Yahoo to ‘erect strong barriers to keep children away from accessing adult material’ – but is it being done under the guise of trying to clamp down on porn piracy?
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
The founder of porn empire Vivid Entertainment has asked Google and Yahoo to ‘erect strong barriers to keep children away from accessing adult material’ – but is it being done under the guise of trying to clamp down on porn piracy?
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Pirate Underbelly downloads go ballistic down under
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Net-savvy Victorians denied the chance to watch Channel 9’s hit new show thanks to a court order preventing its broadcast in the state have rushed online to download it, with local police threatening to thunder down upon copyright infringers like a ton of bricks.
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Net-savvy Victorians denied the chance to watch Channel 9’s hit new show thanks to a court order preventing its broadcast in the state have rushed online to download it, with local police threatening to thunder down upon copyright infringers like a ton of bricks.
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Nintendo wants pirates to walk the plank
By: Mike Bantick
Software piracy is costing Nintendo millions of dollars per year, now Nintendo of America is calling for law makers to scuttle pirates and the havens they dock in.
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By: Mike Bantick
Software piracy is costing Nintendo millions of dollars per year, now Nintendo of America is calling for law makers to scuttle pirates and the havens they dock in.
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Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008 leak to the web as expected
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
As predicted, pirate copies of Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008 are already available from Bittorrent websites, weeks before consumers can get them legally, showing once again just how efficient hackers and decentralised networks really are at providing and distributing illegal stuff.
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
As predicted, pirate copies of Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008 are already available from Bittorrent websites, weeks before consumers can get them legally, showing once again just how efficient hackers and decentralised networks really are at providing and distributing illegal stuff.
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Qtrax launches at last, with one catch – no trax.
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Qtrax, the supposedly ‘legal’ p2p music download service, is still enjoying its 15 minutes of fame as the first beta version becomes available for download at last, but while it’s easy to download, once you’re in, you quickly discover that despite promises of 25 million free tracks, Qtrax is still NoTrax for now.
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Qtrax, the supposedly ‘legal’ p2p music download service, is still enjoying its 15 minutes of fame as the first beta version becomes available for download at last, but while it’s easy to download, once you’re in, you quickly discover that despite promises of 25 million free tracks, Qtrax is still NoTrax for now.
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