Piracy Archive

  • Over $50 Billion NOT Lost due to Software Piracy

    Over $50 Billion NOT Lost due to Software Piracy

    Piracy is obviously a huge concern in pretty much every function of IT, and to make matters worse report released this week claims that over $50 billion was lost due to piracy last year, and includes piracy rates broken down by location with Asia unsurprisingly...

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  • Is Nintendo Wrong for Going After R4?

    Is Nintendo Wrong for Going After R4?

    Piracy is a really big topic these days, and with gaming this is no exception. Recent news regarding Nintendo going after those that sell the R4 device really bothers me, as there seems to be a bit of misinformation about what they actually are and...

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  • How To Turn Your Customers Into Pirates

    How To Turn Your Customers Into Pirates

    When browsing IT news today, I came accross this article, which is an interesting story about how anti-piracy hurts people more than helps them.

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  • Music Industry News, RIAA & Time Warner

    Music Industry News, RIAA & Time Warner

    It’s been relatively quiet in the music industry area for a while, when it comes to the IT industry at least. RIAA and Time Warner made the news again recently.

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  • Microsoft: your children are pirates and proud of it!

    Microsoft: your children are pirates and proud of it!

    ITWire has posted an interesting article on a recent piracy study conducted by Microsoft. Maybe I’m old fashioned, but wouldn’t it make sense that Microsoft wouldn’t suffer from as much piracy if they lowered the price of their software? I don’t promote piracy in any...

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