Yesterday a Chinese businessman pleaded guilty to selling pirated software—used by defense, space technology and engineering businesses—worth a retail value of over $100 million. A plethora of ...
Software piracy was at its peak in the early 2000s, threatening revenue streams and intellectual property rights for software ...
Seven lawsuits in California, Maryland, New York, Texas and Virginia filed against nine individuals claim they illegally acquired the software through Microsoft Action Pack Subscriptions (MAPS), a ...
Throughout the emerging markets, software piracy remains one of the biggest problems. The Business Software Alliance is at the forefront of tackling it. Two members reveal their experience to MIP Last ...
"You just need to check out Steam forums, for example. Very toxic, very hostile environment." That's Denuvo's product manager, Andreas Ullmann, speaking with Rock Paper Shotgun about the perception ...
The Software Alliance says it has dropped to 37 percent A new report published by The Software Alliance (BSA) shows that usage of pirated PC software is decreasing worldwide, although… The Software ...
Many nations are beginning to see stolen proprietary software as a lost opportunity for open source software, whose development can encourage innovation and job growth Proprietary software vendors, ...
A 10-point drop in the estimated 35 percent global software piracy rate would create 2.4 million jobs and $400 billion in economic growth over four years, according to a study released by a software ...
Software can be expensive, but pirating it is risky and unnecessary. The good news? You don’t have to choose between breaking the bank or the law. These are the tips and tricks I use to find ...
In the 2020s we’re used to software being readily accessible, and often free, whether as-in-beer or as-in-speech. This situation is a surprisingly new one, and in an earlier era of consumer software ...