http://www.itworld.com/taxonomy/term/381/all xx http://www.itworld.com/legal/69138/french-court-pirates-three-strikes-and-then-what France's highest legal authority has ruled as unconstitutional a government plan to cut off, without trial, Internet users accused of copyright infringement. http://www.itworld.com/legal/69138/french-court-pirates-three-strikes-and-then-what#comments Legal News copyright legislation piracy Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:31:05 -0400 ITworld staff 69138 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/government/68941/swedens-pirate-party-sets-sail-brussels The Pirate Party, a party campaigning for online civil rights, has won at least one seat in the European Parliament, after obtaining 7.1 percent of the votes in elections in Sweden. http://www.itworld.com/government/68941/swedens-pirate-party-sets-sail-brussels#comments Government Internet Legal News copyright intellectual property piracy privacy Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:20:07 -0400 ITworld staff 68941 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/67803/pirated-windows-7-software-part-criminal-botnet Microsoft Windows 7 pirated versions have been found with hard-to-detect trojans intended for cybercrime purposes, according to a security firm. http://www.itworld.com/security/67803/pirated-windows-7-software-part-criminal-botnet#comments Security Windows News botnet cybercrime piracy Windows 7 Tue, 12 May 2009 13:45:32 -0400 ITworld staff 67803 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/legal/67792/global-pc-software-piracy-because-china-india 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). http://www.itworld.com/legal/67792/global-pc-software-piracy-because-china-india#comments Legal News piracy Tue, 12 May 2009 11:19:14 -0400 ITworld staff 67792 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/67723/pc-software-piracy-hit-illinois-economy-hard The BSA estimates that the Illinois economy lost the equivalent of 5,646 jobs due to PC software piracy. Trident Contract Management and Aspera GmbH offer suggestions on how companies can reduce software piracy through software asset management (SAM). http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/67723/pc-software-piracy-hit-illinois-economy-hard#comments IT management/strategy News asset management licensing piracy Mon, 11 May 2009 11:43:19 -0400 kcweinberg 67723 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/67712/after-defeating-microsoft-patent-case-uniloc-looks-future A small security company that won a $388 million judgment against Microsoft after accusing the company of patent infringement has big plans for the future. http://www.itworld.com/security/67712/after-defeating-microsoft-patent-case-uniloc-looks-future#comments Legal Security News Microsoft patent piracy uniloc Mon, 11 May 2009 11:00:49 -0400 ITworld staff 67712 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/software/66826/pay-you-go-way-around-piracy-microsoft-says Microsoft could reduce losses from software piracy by expanding pay-as-you-go plans like those it has tested in developing countries, a company executive said Wednesday. http://www.itworld.com/software/66826/pay-you-go-way-around-piracy-microsoft-says#comments Software News Microsoft piracy Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:19:20 -0400 ITworld staff 66826 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/legal/66673/hollywoods-victory-over-pirate-bay-will-be-short From Sweden, London, to Hollywood, protectors of copyrights are celebrating the conviction of the four men behind the world's most popular torrent tracker The Pirate Bay. But the war against piracy is far from over. http://www.itworld.com/legal/66673/hollywoods-victory-over-pirate-bay-will-be-short#comments Legal Opinion BitTorrent p2p piracy The Pirate Bay Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:14:01 -0400 ITworld staff 66673 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/legal/66648/pirates-worry-you-chinese-manufacturing-partners Somali pirates who brazenly attacked container ships in the Indian Ocean have garnered a lot of recent attention. But for companies that source products from Chinese manufacturing partners, there are even greater and longer-term business risks due to pirating attacks on companies' intellectual property and supply chains. http://www.itworld.com/legal/66648/pirates-worry-you-chinese-manufacturing-partners#comments Legal Security Feature identity theft intellectual property piracy supply chain Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:17:36 -0400 ITworld staff 66648 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/windows/65081/microsoft-updates-wga-find-counterfeit-windows-xp-pro Microsoft Corp., tacitly acknowledging the continued popularity of Windows XP, said Tuesday it was updating the operating system's anti-piracy technology to detect illegal copies installed with newly-stolen or faked product keys, or with new activation cracks. http://www.itworld.com/windows/65081/microsoft-updates-wga-find-counterfeit-windows-xp-pro#comments Windows News Microsoft piracy XP Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:08:53 -0400 ITworld staff 65081 at http://www.itworld.com