Almost One in Four Businesses Pirate Software
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Violations appears to be commonplace, even though professionals agree it is risky.
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Although Linux may be shipping on a growing number of PCs sold in the emerging markets of Asia, Latin America, and Eastern Europe, about 80 percent of PCs shipped with the open source operating system this year will eventually run pirated versions of Windows, industry research firm Gartner estimated in a report issued September 21.
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UK users will be able to replace pirated versions of Windows that they have purchased. Software pirates&#39; increasing skill at creating counterfeit versions of Windows XP has prompted Microsoft to introduce
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Paying customers may not get their hands on Windows Vista Service Pack 1 for weeks, but pirates can download the brand-new code today.
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Microsoft Corp. is offering an olive branch to users of pirated versions of the Windows XP operating system. The software giant on Wednesday unveiled the Windows XP Counterfeit Project in the UK, offering
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Inside many restaurants along Roosevelt Avenue in Queens, roving vendors descending on diners offering pirated movies are becoming a common sight.
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I'm guilty.  I'm a Software Pirate!  Not just one or two copies of DOS but probably hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of software.  Growing up my parents didn't have much money.  Certainly not hundred of thousands of dollars for me to blow on software.  I was curious and had a passion for computers that I couldn't control.  I simply wanted to learn and couldn't afford to pay for software.  Luckily I did this when I was a kid so hopefully I won't be prosecuted.  I also believe that everything I did was ethical.  I didn't take any money out of the hands of the software industry and I've already contributed WAY more to the industry than a few hundred thousand in software sales.  This is th ...
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A Gartner Group report on PC hardware sales in emerging global markets has stirred up controversy in both the open-source and proprietary software worlds. Eighty percent of personal computers sold in Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe that ship with the Linux operating system eventually will be running a pirated copy of Windows, predicts Gartner.
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p2pnet.net News:- Four ex-Microsoft employees from the Seattle-area have been charged with stealing software worth $32.4 million from the company.
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Microsoft last week quietly launched a pilot program to tackle the increasing problem of software piracy. Windows Genuine Advantage is the first trial of a validation scheme operating on Microsoftâs Download Center.
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FOUR former Microsoft employees have been charged with stealing $US32.4 million ($42.71 million) worth of software and selling it on the side.
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Online auction giant eBay has been implicated in piracy lawsuits. The Software & Information Industry Association is suing several eBay sellers as part of its campaign to stop auctioning of pirated software.
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Looks to attract companies that can't afford to equip every remote user or branch office but still want some security.
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Consulting firm reports that about 40 percent of Linux PCs will be modified to run an illegal copy of Windows.
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Companies are accused of infecting PCs, and then selling spyware-blocking software.
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Owners of pirated copies of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows XP operating system can trade them in for the real thing as part of a bid by the software giant to fight counterfeiting.
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One great way to determine whether your digital product is destined for greatness is how many people want to steal it. The same goes for open source.