items tagged with Piracy
Porn companies feel online piracy’s pinch - and don't like it
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-01-14 05:16:56
Faced with the threat of piracy through X-rated video sharing sites, at least one adult content producer is suing their video sharing competition, while the on-demand nature of online video dents DVD sales.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-01-14 05:16:56
Faced with the threat of piracy through X-rated video sharing sites, at least one adult content producer is suing their video sharing competition, while the on-demand nature of online video dents DVD sales.
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Digital pirates busted in Sydney and Melbourne
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-12-17 23:08:08
Australian authorities in Sydney and Melbourne have been involved in separate operations to uncover acts of music and movie piracy, showing Australia is no safe-haven for digital pirates.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-12-17 23:08:08
Australian authorities in Sydney and Melbourne have been involved in separate operations to uncover acts of music and movie piracy, showing Australia is no safe-haven for digital pirates.
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Ripping CDs still means ‘unauthorised copies’ according to RIAA
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-12-12 09:12:42
The lawsuit-happy RIAA still thinks that consumers who rip music from their own, legally purchased CDs, are 'stealing', in a surprise that actually isn't a surprise at all.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-12-12 09:12:42
The lawsuit-happy RIAA still thinks that consumers who rip music from their own, legally purchased CDs, are 'stealing', in a surprise that actually isn't a surprise at all.
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WGA: Won’t Go Away anytime soon
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-12-06 04:54:20
Microsoft might be ‘softening’ Vista SP1’s WGA anti-piracy procedures but they’re actually very similar to what’s been happening with XP for some time now, stopping most casual copying of retail discs and enabling detection of activation exploits used with pirate copies, in what is Microsoft’s most successful attempt at reducing casual piracy of the OS at the consumer level yet.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-12-06 04:54:20
Microsoft might be ‘softening’ Vista SP1’s WGA anti-piracy procedures but they’re actually very similar to what’s been happening with XP for some time now, stopping most casual copying of retail discs and enabling detection of activation exploits used with pirate copies, in what is Microsoft’s most successful attempt at reducing casual piracy of the OS at the consumer level yet.
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WGA anti-piracy mode for Vista softened thanks to Linux and OS X threat?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-12-04 03:56:45
Microsoft’s new WGA anti-piracy mode in the upcoming Vista SP1 lets users continue using their newly detected non-genuine copies of Vista, albeit with Aero disabled and hourly reminders, in a major backflip. Will pirates give in and pay for a legal copy of Vista Home Premium at less than half price, or consider moving to Linux or Mac OS X instead?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-12-04 03:56:45
Microsoft’s new WGA anti-piracy mode in the upcoming Vista SP1 lets users continue using their newly detected non-genuine copies of Vista, albeit with Aero disabled and hourly reminders, in a major backflip. Will pirates give in and pay for a legal copy of Vista Home Premium at less than half price, or consider moving to Linux or Mac OS X instead?
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Windows Genuine Advantage positively false
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2007-08-27 11:38:11
Microsoft's anti-piracy spyware Windows Genuine Advantage has been shown for what it is - a dangerously flawed system which treats customers with disrespect.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2007-08-27 11:38:11
Microsoft's anti-piracy spyware Windows Genuine Advantage has been shown for what it is - a dangerously flawed system which treats customers with disrespect.
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Has Jobs backed the wrong horse with Apple TV's YouTube access?
Written By: Adam Turner
Section: Seeking Nerdvana
Category: The Digital Lounge Room
2007-05-31 02:28:52
The hamstrung Apple TV media player is finally showing signs of life, with Apple adding YouTube access and a 160GB hard drive, but getting into bed with GooTube might backfire on Steve Jobs.
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Written By: Adam Turner
Section: Seeking Nerdvana
Category: The Digital Lounge Room
2007-05-31 02:28:52
The hamstrung Apple TV media player is finally showing signs of life, with Apple adding YouTube access and a 160GB hard drive, but getting into bed with GooTube might backfire on Steve Jobs.
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Nintendo pissing in the wind with mod-proof Wiis
Written By: Adam Turner
Section: Seeking Nerdvana
Category: The Digital Lounge Room
2007-05-29 21:50:43
In an act of futility Nintendo has changed the motherboard in the Wii to thwart the current batch of modchips, but it's only a matter of time before someone finds a workaround.
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Written By: Adam Turner
Section: Seeking Nerdvana
Category: The Digital Lounge Room
2007-05-29 21:50:43
In an act of futility Nintendo has changed the motherboard in the Wii to thwart the current batch of modchips, but it's only a matter of time before someone finds a workaround.
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Can the AACS manage to get managed copy right?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-05-24 22:42:45
MMC, or ‘mandatory managed copy’ is a feature of the AACS specification that allows users to make one or more legal backup copies – but the feature still isn’t implemented with studio horse-trading still ongoing.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-05-24 22:42:45
MMC, or ‘mandatory managed copy’ is a feature of the AACS specification that allows users to make one or more legal backup copies – but the feature still isn’t implemented with studio horse-trading still ongoing.
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Global software piracy cost US$40 billion in 2006: BSA
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2007-05-15 06:10:43
The fifth annual global PC software piracy study released today by software vendor sponsored group the Business Software Alliance (BSA) has found that globally the average software piracy rate was 35%, virtually unchanged from 2005. This amounted to nearly US$40 billion in losses to software companies, according to BSA.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2007-05-15 06:10:43
The fifth annual global PC software piracy study released today by software vendor sponsored group the Business Software Alliance (BSA) has found that globally the average software piracy rate was 35%, virtually unchanged from 2005. This amounted to nearly US$40 billion in losses to software companies, according to BSA.
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Studios face tough battle protecting hi-def DVDs
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-05-06 06:39:48
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hollywood studios may find it impossible to squash a Web-based movement to facilitate the illegal copying of high-definition DVDs, even though the law is on their side, because the information has already been distributed so widely.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-05-06 06:39:48
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hollywood studios may find it impossible to squash a Web-based movement to facilitate the illegal copying of high-definition DVDs, even though the law is on their side, because the information has already been distributed so widely.
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Don't believe Apple's Jobs - iTunes subscription service is coming
Written By: Adam Turner
Section: Seeking Nerdvana
Category: The Digital Lounge Room
2007-04-26 11:47:52
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Written By: Adam Turner
Section: Seeking Nerdvana
Category: The Digital Lounge Room
2007-04-26 11:47:52
Steve Jobs will soon launch an iTunes music subscription service, targeted at the Apple TV, regardless of whatever he says publicly.
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