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News Archive
Adobe counteracts software piracy in
India
September 19, 2008
Bangalore, India: Piracy-free is
worry-free! Adobe Systems, the world's
most diversified software company is
fighting the high rate of piracy in
India with this new adage.
Read More..
Huge
Chinese piracy ring tackled
July 26, 2007
Pirated software worth $500m (£250m) has
been seized as the FBI shuts down a
world-spanning piracy outfit.
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Australian software pirate to
serve 4 years in US jail, court rules
June 23,
2007,
The leader of one of
the oldest and most widely recognized
Internet software piracy groups was
sentenced Friday to 51 months in prison
on one count of conspiracy to commit
criminal copyright infringement, the
U.S. Department of Justice announced.
Read more...
UK firm pays biggest ever fine over
'pirate' software
June 21, 2007,
An unnamed UK firm has agreed
to pay a record fine of £250,000 ($498K)
for running unlicensed software.
The company (which operates in the
infrastructure and public services
sector) was running unlicensed copies of
Adobe, Autodesk, and Microsoft software
on hundreds of PCs across several UK
locations.
Read more...
May 29,
2007,
Virtualization's Dirty Laundry
Aired in German Court Room
Netsys has sued
Parallels' German distributor for
copyright violation claiming Parallels'
virtualization products are directly
based on a line of products that
Parallels developed on paid commission
for Netsys, of which it says, Netsys has
been assigned all copyrights.
Read more
November
20, 2006 - Lineage II Pirates
Shut Down.
NCsoft
announced that, through the cooperation
of the FBI, a major software pirating
organization has been shut down. After
several raids in cities across the
country, FBI agents closed down an
operation called L2Extreme,
Read more...
October
12, 2006 - Rockwell Collins and Avcom Avionics
Reach Settlement in Lawsuit
... “As demonstrated by this lawsuit,
Rockwell Collins will take legal action
to protect its software and other
intellectual property from unauthorized
use;
Read more
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Oct. 6th, 2006
T.O. firm dinged for software piracy.
The anti-piracy watchdog yesterday
announced a Toronto firm has agreed to
fork out $73,300 for using unlicensed
software.
CNews
Sep. 9th, 2006,
Web Site Owner Gets More Than 7 Years in
Prison for Software Piracy, Must Pay $5.4 Million
Read more
Aug. 29,
2006, HONG
KONG: Software pirates get extended sentences -
Judge says tougher jail
terms reflect the serious damage done to
entertainment industry.
Read more...
Aug. 25, 2006, Owner of software piracy site
sentenced
- A U.S. judge has
sentenced the owner of a Web site selling pirated
software to six years in prison and ordered him to pay
more than $4.1 million in restitution.
read more
at MacWorld...
July 25, 2006: BSA
collects over $2M in settlements from U.S.
companies. ..... In addition to making the
payments, each company agreed to delete any
unlicensed copies of programs it was using,
purchase any needed replacements and strengthen
software management practices, the BSA said.
read more...
July 4, 2006: The world's biggest
music companies are preparing a lawsuit
against Yahoo China for copyright
infringement as part of the
industry's efforts to crack down on
piracy.
read more ...
July 13, 2006: Trial date
Set for Image Recovery
Software Dispute; LC Technology Faces Potential
Damages in Excess of $6 Million
After nearly three years, a dispute
over charges of copyright infringement and
counterclaims for defamation,
read more...
July 13, 2006: EU hits Microsoft with fine of
$357 million, more possible
LONDON — The
European Union imposed another
massive fine against Microsoft
Corp. — this one $357 million —
Wednesday and threatened more
penalties if the software giant
continues to defy a 2004
antitrust ruling ordering it to
share programming details with
rivals.
read more...
July 13, 2006:
SCO will
appeal the gutting of its lawsuit against IBM
Utah's SCO Group is appealing a
federal magistrate's gutting of its $5 billion lawsuit against IBM, hoping
to salvage the tens of millions of dollars it has spent litigating the case
over the past three years.
read more...
VCAT Settles Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Related to Its Mariposa
Software System; VCAT Obtains Injunction as Part of the Settlement
Jan. 5, 2006--Venture Catalyst Incorporated ("VCAT"),
reached a comprehensive settlement of its suit against TRMP,
LLC, Cohn Technologies, Inc., Mindset LLC and related third
parties. VCAT's claims in the lawsuit include breach
of contract, trade secret misappropriation, copyright
infringement and other related claims.
Pursuant to the settlement, the defendants and related
third parties agreed
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to pay money damages to VCAT;
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consented to a stipulated injunction and dismissal
with prejudice under which they are enjoined from
participating in certain prohibited activities related
to VCAT's business and products until September 1, 2007;
and
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stipulated to the dismissal of all of their claims,
counterclaims and cross claims in the action that they
had against VCAT and its officers.
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September 19, 2005, Microsoft files 8 anti-piracy lawsuits
Microsoft filed eight anti-piracy
lawsuits in five US States against companies that allegedly distribute
counterfeit versions of its software or copies that infringe on copyrights.
These companies are: BWT Industry Technology Service,
dba Computer Max in Arizona; Data Day USA, MicroCity4Less.com and Winvtech
Solutions Inc. in California; Global Computing Inc. in Illinois; Ion
Technologies in Minnesota; and Compustar and Chips & Techs in New York.
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Justice Dept. wants new anti-piracy powers
Read more at CNET News.com
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