US Searches Computers, Trying to Disrupt Piracy
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ederal authorities searched computers in six locations yesterday in an attempt to disrupt a network used to trade copies of movies, software, games and music.
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SHENZHEN, China  - More than $500 million worth of  pirated software, including counterfeit Microsoft and Symantec  products, has been seized in a long-running joint probe by  Chinese police and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation,  officials from both countries said on Tuesday.
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Swedish police are weighing charges for alleged efforts to disrupt Pirate Bay file-sharing site.
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The maker of software to thwart unauthorized online file-sharing has obtained technology that can scan video files and block computer users from making copies.
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A Microsoft UK replacement scheme for pirate copies of Windows XP suggests the company is testing the waters to see how feasible it is to convert sections of its unlicensed user base to legitimate users.
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The US recording industry is taking legal action against 750 computer users believed to be distributing music illegally over the internet.
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Four US agencies yesterday announced a coordinated attack to stem the global trade in counterfeit merchandise and pirated music and movies, an underground industry that law-enforcement officials
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The world's biggest electronics firms are working on systems to stop digital content being pirated.
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Industry group will offer a free program to help users find and eliminate illegal files.
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Google's Desktop Search application indexes a PC hard drive when it's not being used
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Microsoft effort is designed to wean people off pirated software and the open-source Linux OS.
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In March 1990, when few people had even heard of the Internet, U.S. Secret Service agents raided the Texas offices of a small board-game maker, seizing computer equipment and reading customers&#039; e-mail stored on one machine. A group of online pioneers already worried about how the nation&#039;s laws were being applied to new technologies became even more fearful and decided to intervene.
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Say what you want about the recording industry's take-no-prisoners approach to combating online piracy.  At least when the music czars go after someone, they target persons suspected of trading hundreds or thousands of copyrighted songs over the Internet.
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WASHINGTON The United States is cracking down on the growing trade in counterfeit and pirated goods that costs American businesses hundreds of billions of dollar annually, US government and industry officials said Monday.
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Leak casts light on controversial tactics that may have been employed by the anti-piracy company.
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Operation Digital Gridlock targets peer-to-peer sites, ISPs in piracy investigation.
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More than $500 million worth of  pirated software, including counterfeit Microsoft and Symantec  products, has been seized in a long-running joint probe by  Chinese police and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation,  officials from both countries said on Tuesday.