http://www.itworld.com/piracy 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