items tagged with Piracy
The site that rocked - Pirate Bay founders guilty
Written By: David M Williams
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-04-17 05:37:41
The Pirate Bay trial concluded today with the Swedish court reaching a guilty verdict. The four founders have been sentenced to a year in prison and ordered to pay SKr 30m in damages ($US 3.58m) to Warner Bros, Sony, EMI, Columbia Pictures and others.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-04-17 05:37:41
The Pirate Bay trial concluded today with the Swedish court reaching a guilty verdict. The four founders have been sentenced to a year in prison and ordered to pay SKr 30m in damages ($US 3.58m) to Warner Bros, Sony, EMI, Columbia Pictures and others.
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Microsoft dealt AUD$545 million blow in anti-piracy patent case
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-04-09 01:22:15
In one of the biggest damages awards for software patent infringement in history, the world's largest software company Microsoft has been hit with a US$388 million fine. However, Microsoft is not expected to take the decision laying down.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-04-09 01:22:15
In one of the biggest damages awards for software patent infringement in history, the world's largest software company Microsoft has been hit with a US$388 million fine. However, Microsoft is not expected to take the decision laying down.
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Does watching pirated movies make you a terrorist?
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Regulatory
2009-03-09 00:09:09
You might consider movie piracy a victimless crime, but some folk are now directly linking pirates to terrorists.
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Regulatory
2009-03-09 00:09:09
You might consider movie piracy a victimless crime, but some folk are now directly linking pirates to terrorists.
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Linux ISVs gain tool to uncover lost license revenue
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-02-27 23:31:18
Software piracy is a big deal. Maybe, you can reason, Microsoft and Adobe and the like can suck it up because they still make huge profits. Yet, for small independent software vendors each unpaid, unlicensed installation could be taking food from their mouth. CodeArmor is a tool to help developers, and is now available for Linux.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-02-27 23:31:18
Software piracy is a big deal. Maybe, you can reason, Microsoft and Adobe and the like can suck it up because they still make huge profits. Yet, for small independent software vendors each unpaid, unlicensed installation could be taking food from their mouth. CodeArmor is a tool to help developers, and is now available for Linux.
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ABBA, King Kong, datanörd and the entertainment industry walked into a bar ...
Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2009-02-21 20:41:18
Artists and file sharers alike are watching the Pirate Bay trial in Sweden with interest. It's a trial that strikes at matters of copyright, of liberty and the power of the U.S. recording artist's association. It's also a trial that is introducing new terms to our vocabulary, particularly the King Kong defence and datanörd.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2009-02-21 20:41:18
Artists and file sharers alike are watching the Pirate Bay trial in Sweden with interest. It's a trial that strikes at matters of copyright, of liberty and the power of the U.S. recording artist's association. It's also a trial that is introducing new terms to our vocabulary, particularly the King Kong defence and datanörd.
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How piracy benefits Microsoft
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Technology feature
Category: Enterprise
2009-02-09 17:34:35
Public memory has always been woefully short. With the advent and popularisation of the internet, it has become even shorter; people can only absorb information in dribs and drabs.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Technology feature
Category: Enterprise
2009-02-09 17:34:35
Public memory has always been woefully short. With the advent and popularisation of the internet, it has become even shorter; people can only absorb information in dribs and drabs.
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Free software isn't freeware: why Linux and FOSS have a higher standard
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-02-08 06:48:25
Microsoft's recent survey proclaimed nearly half the population believe it is ok to use pirated software for personal use. This diminishes the argument by Linux advocates that you can use their operating system without any cost. Yet, you can't confuse free as in cost with free as in freedom. Here's what FOSS really means.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-02-08 06:48:25
Microsoft's recent survey proclaimed nearly half the population believe it is ok to use pirated software for personal use. This diminishes the argument by Linux advocates that you can use their operating system without any cost. Yet, you can't confuse free as in cost with free as in freedom. Here's what FOSS really means.
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45% think using pirated software OK so Microsoft unleashes OGA
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Technology feature
Category: Enterprise
2009-02-03 20:51:55
In a stunningly frank admission, Microsoft has admitted that nearly half of all Australians believe that it’s okay to use pirated software for personal use. The study commissioned by Microsoft Australia is being used to promote its new Office Genuine Advantage (OGA) program which has been launched in Australia today.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Technology feature
Category: Enterprise
2009-02-03 20:51:55
In a stunningly frank admission, Microsoft has admitted that nearly half of all Australians believe that it’s okay to use pirated software for personal use. The study commissioned by Microsoft Australia is being used to promote its new Office Genuine Advantage (OGA) program which has been launched in Australia today.
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Broadband Tax for Brits?
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: E-Government
2009-01-24 08:05:18
How would you tackle the problem of online movie and music piracy? The British Government is wondering if a broadband tax might be the answer.
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: E-Government
2009-01-24 08:05:18
How would you tackle the problem of online movie and music piracy? The British Government is wondering if a broadband tax might be the answer.
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How on earth do you make a dime out of Linux and open source software?
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-01-05 07:32:32
Software piracy is a scourge on the world of computing. Yet it's a problem the open source community doesn't have. That makes sense; it's all freely available. But this raises the question: if it's free how do the developers make any money? And how can it be any damn good?
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-01-05 07:32:32
Software piracy is a scourge on the world of computing. Yet it's a problem the open source community doesn't have. That makes sense; it's all freely available. But this raises the question: if it's free how do the developers make any money? And how can it be any damn good?
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AFACT issues brief update on iiNet court proceedings
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-12-16 23:08:08
AFACT has issued the press a short statement including a Word .doc transcript “from today’s directions hearing on the iinet case regarding internet piracy of films and TV shows today.”
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-12-16 23:08:08
AFACT has issued the press a short statement including a Word .doc transcript “from today’s directions hearing on the iinet case regarding internet piracy of films and TV shows today.”
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iiNet – the Federal Court defence begins
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-12-16 19:04:51
iiNet, the Australian ISP under attack from the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) for allegedly not doing enough to prevent piracy over its network, says its defence in the Federal Court has finally begun.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-12-16 19:04:51
iiNet, the Australian ISP under attack from the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) for allegedly not doing enough to prevent piracy over its network, says its defence in the Federal Court has finally begun.
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Video Game Piracy: The widening problem and how to stop it
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Radioactive IT
Category: Gaming and Entertainment tech blog
2008-12-07 23:05:31
Studies indicate that around 10 percent of video games in an average household are of the illegally obtained variety. Observationally the practice of video game piracy is on the rise, and it is not just at P2P sites and market stalls.
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Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Radioactive IT
Category: Gaming and Entertainment tech blog
2008-12-07 23:05:31
Studies indicate that around 10 percent of video games in an average household are of the illegally obtained variety. Observationally the practice of video game piracy is on the rise, and it is not just at P2P sites and market stalls.
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Australian piracy sting over “14.3 million” movies
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-12-04 21:48:36
Two unemployed Australians have been charged with allegedly operating a BitTorrent tracker site facilitating the download of terabytes of movies and TV shows, charging up to 400,000 members $10 per month to be VIP members, raking in tens of thousands of dollars and ripping off the global media industry.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-12-04 21:48:36
Two unemployed Australians have been charged with allegedly operating a BitTorrent tracker site facilitating the download of terabytes of movies and TV shows, charging up to 400,000 members $10 per month to be VIP members, raking in tens of thousands of dollars and ripping off the global media industry.
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Quad Core and SecurROM for GTA IV PC release
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: New Products
2008-12-03 18:38:03
Grand Theft Auto IV for the PC has made it to retail shelves and digital distribution services. The game will require SecurROM activation, but RockStar Games reassure GTA IV PC fans that the DRM won’t be too heavy.
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Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: New Products
2008-12-03 18:38:03
Grand Theft Auto IV for the PC has made it to retail shelves and digital distribution services. The game will require SecurROM activation, but RockStar Games reassure GTA IV PC fans that the DRM won’t be too heavy.
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Australian Internet cafe pleads guilty to copyright infringement
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-11-27 19:15:19
An $82,000 fine and the forfeiture of computer equipment is the penalty for a Sydney Internet cafe that was involved in blatant movie, TV show and music piracy, even down to selling 60GB hard drives so users could transfer pirated content and take it away.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-11-27 19:15:19
An $82,000 fine and the forfeiture of computer equipment is the penalty for a Sydney Internet cafe that was involved in blatant movie, TV show and music piracy, even down to selling 60GB hard drives so users could transfer pirated content and take it away.
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“Kiss of Death” for Australian “Australia” movie pirates
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-11-25 22:36:21
While the headlines report critics harshly saying Australian actress is the “kiss of death” for any movie she stars in, another report shows how Australian movie pirates are set to face increasing new levels of scrutiny that could see the receive the “kiss” of a police investigation and a potential AUD $13,200 fine.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-11-25 22:36:21
While the headlines report critics harshly saying Australian actress is the “kiss of death” for any movie she stars in, another report shows how Australian movie pirates are set to face increasing new levels of scrutiny that could see the receive the “kiss” of a police investigation and a potential AUD $13,200 fine.
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Why ISPs can’t afford to let iiNet lose the piracy lawsuit
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-11-22 19:52:46
If iiNet loses the piracy lawsuit, the ramifications for all Australian ISPs will be immense, forcing all to spy on their users and become online policemen. It will wipe out online privacy, slow down the Internet, impede the free flow of information, impose massive costs on ISPs, impose massive costs on users, and put broadband progress back by 10 years in Australia. Can iiNet’s competitors – or indeed ISPs worldwide – afford to let this happen?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-11-22 19:52:46
If iiNet loses the piracy lawsuit, the ramifications for all Australian ISPs will be immense, forcing all to spy on their users and become online policemen. It will wipe out online privacy, slow down the Internet, impede the free flow of information, impose massive costs on ISPs, impose massive costs on users, and put broadband progress back by 10 years in Australia. Can iiNet’s competitors – or indeed ISPs worldwide – afford to let this happen?
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iiNet to “vigorously” defend claims it is a piirateNet
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-11-20 07:23:14
Australian ISP iiNet is the subject of Federal Court action over claims it is supporting or encouraging the illegal downloading of pirated content, despite a “terms of service” agreement with its users that prohibits the infringements of other’s rights, and intends to vigorously defend itself in court.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-11-20 07:23:14
Australian ISP iiNet is the subject of Federal Court action over claims it is supporting or encouraging the illegal downloading of pirated content, despite a “terms of service” agreement with its users that prohibits the infringements of other’s rights, and intends to vigorously defend itself in court.
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Windows 7 available now - on BitTorrent sites
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-11-02 01:05:40
Thousands of curious PC users unfazed about breaking the law are downloading the latest pre-beta 6801 build of Windows 7 released at Microsoft’s Professional Developer Conference, in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-11-02 01:05:40
Thousands of curious PC users unfazed about breaking the law are downloading the latest pre-beta 6801 build of Windows 7 released at Microsoft’s Professional Developer Conference, in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions.
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