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India?s position on bio-piracy and TRIPS in WTO talks
2008-06-09 06:28:00 INDIA has insisted that the issue of amending the trade-related intellectual property rights agreement (TRIPS) to check bio-piracy should be made part of the upcoming ?horizontal process? in which senior officials and trade ministers from key countries would meet to agree on the modality texts for liberalising trade in agriculture, industrial goods and other issues.But wait a minute. What is this ?horizontal process??'Horizontal process' is the term given to a process of prior negotiations at Senior Official level in the WTO talks. Prior talks on trade issues at the senior official level, even before the Ministerial level talks commence, is believed to help the Ministerial meets to quickly close the gaps that exist in their positions and give commitments for the trade agreements. This was done at the behest of the Director General Pascal Lamy in April 2008 in the context of agriculture and NAMA (...
By: Discover It
Theft in print
2008-06-02 02:00:00 SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Theft in print", url: "http://www.brainstuck.com/2008-/06/02/steal-bloggers-data/" });
Oregon Case Reveals The Tie Between Software Piracy And Identity Theft
2008-06-01 22:02:00 (Photo courtesy of naveenium at Flickr) Software Piracy is a multi-billion dollar issue. Whether it’s hawked in a spam e-mail, a flea market or on a auction site — it might not work as well as advertised — and could even lead to identity theft. You never know what might be installed in pirated software. The person ...
Revision3 Denial Of Service Attack Traced To Anti-Piracy Company
2008-05-30 10:00:00 Revision3 Denial Of Service Attack Traced To Anti-Piracy CompanyCompany CEO Jim Louderback says the FBI is investigating, and he is critical of MediaDefender's vigilante approach to fighting copyright piracy.http://www.informationwe-ek.com/new...
Revision3 blames anti-piracy firm for DOS attack
2008-05-29 18:55:00 Revision3 blames anti-piracy firm for DOS attackWeb TV network Revision3 says MediaDefender had been misusing its network for months and when access was shut down the traffic backed up, causing a denial of service attack that shut down Revisio...
UFO technology to detect film piracy
2008-05-28 00:00:00 Video piracy is the biggest threat to the film business all over the world. To stop this, film producers and anti-piracy agents have begun using the UFO technology that can detect the date, time and location from where the film was pirated.
What The Friduck? - The RIAA Wins Huge Piracy Case
2008-05-26 02:38:00 The music business will end meng! A recent article on Wired Magazine reveals that a 25 year old Brooklyn dude was fined for $250,000 and sentenced to upto 5 years in jail for sharing music. What the Friduck is this world coming to?RIAA Wins Case, ExtravaGangsta Radio,
By: EG Radio Online
USD 2 bn, Indian Software Piracy?
2008-05-19 10:22:00 The Indian software industry lost about 2 billion dollars of revenue this year due to use of pirated softwares. Piracy of software on personal 2 Vote(s)
By: INDIANTAGS
Software Piracy Mixed Bag
2008-05-16 17:57:00 Although PC software piracy declined in many countries in 2007, piracy increased in fast-growing PC markets, resulting in an overall rise of piracy from 35% to 38%, and dollar losses that increased by $8 billion to nearly $48 billion. The annual study was conducted by IDC and released by the Business Software Alliance (BSA). SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Software Piracy Mixed Bag", url: "http://www.devtopics.com/softw-are-piracy-mixed-bag/" });
Crytek and Epic lost millions because of piracy and are now switching game
2008-05-09 08:48:00 Cevat Yerly, co-founder and CEO of Crytek, the developer behind Crysis was recently interviewed and touched on the PC gaming piracy issue. To quote: “We are suffering currently from the huge piracy that is encompassing Crysis. We seem to lead the charts in piracy by a large margin, a chart leading that is not desirable. ...
NY Attorney Gen. Cuomo Thinks He Can Fight Piracy...
2008-05-08 00:00:00 In a stroke of mass arrogance, NY Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced a newfound conviction to crack down on the piracy trend that "his studies" show find half of their origins in NY cinemas. Supposedly half of the bootleg copies of films out there originate in NY cinemas. Yeah, maybe
By: JustPressPlay
Hacker Kept On NDS Payroll After Accused Of Piracy
2008-05-07 18:24:00 Hacker Kept On NDS Payroll After Accused Of PiracyA high-ranking News Corp. official testified Tuesday that he kept two hackers on the payroll for years after one of them was accused of infiltrating the security system of rival satellite telev...
New York Attorney general Andrew Cuomo is going after Film piracy.
2008-05-07 16:01:00 As we know bootlegging is illegal and it cost the state about 2 billion dollars a year. N.Y Attorney General Andrew Cuomo yesterday had a press conference and proposed stiffer penalties to those who get caught. First time offenders would face up to a year in jail and repeat offenders will get charged with a felony. I must confess that i do purchase these kind of movies and am watching one right now. With everything in this country going up i feel that there should be a compromise on movie ticket prices. I can't afford to buy gas, milk, rice, beer, cigarettes and watch a 10.00 dollar movie. Can i atleast catch a little more than just a preview for 2 bucks or just show me the ending. This will affect us all in the minority community. This also means that Africans, West Indians and the Chinese would be out of work meng. The clarity of the bootleg does'nt bother me at all, i find it amusing when the audience laughs or you see people standing up to go use the bathroom while il...
By: EG Radio Online
New York introduces anti-piracy bill
2008-05-05 03:00:00 New York State wants to shake its status as the nation's film piracy capital and set an example for the rest of the country.
Internet Gangstas Don?t Appreciate Software Piracy, Either!
2008-05-02 15:54:00 Crimeware salesmen, like most e-commerce types, take a dim view when their creations are knocked-off (pirated). To protect themselves, they warn their customers (Internet criminal types) that if their products are counterfeited, they can and will be reported to the anti-virus companies. Specifically, the verbiage used as reported on the Symantec blog is, “the binary code ...
Increased piracy hurt Microsoft's quarter
2008-04-24 23:40:00 Increased piracy hurt Microsoft's quarterThe software maker, which had been making gains in the number of unlicensed PCs, saw that trend reverse in the March quarter, a Microsoft executive tells CNET News.com. http-://www.news.com/8301-13860_...-
Hollywood, Bollywood seek to stamp out piracy together
2008-04-24 08:11:00 The American entertainment industry wants to join hands with India to eliminate counterfeiting and piracy that costs Bollywood an estimated loss of $4 billion and 800,000 direct jobs each year. Leading entertainment companies from Hollywood and Bollywood came together at an India super-session show organised by the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) of America in Las Vegas, Nevada. "Now that we've quantified the losses, we're working with government and industry to eliminate counterfeiting and piracy at the source," said Greg Kalbaugh, director and counsel at US India Business Council (USIBC), an advocacy group seeking to advance India-US commercial ties. "The first step is supporting India's adoption of sensible legislation which regulates the production of optical discs. That will have an immediate impact on the rates of counterfeiting and piracy," he said. "The Indian entertainment industry is growing at a combined annual rate of over 18 percen...
Jackie Chan Combats Piracy in China
2008-04-24 00:00:00 When it's time to fight movie piracy in China, Hollywood studios turn to Jackie Chan to spread the word. Variety reports that the MPA (that's the international counterpart of the MPAA) erected a giant billboard of Chan in Beijing's Silk Market district with a very direct message: "Protect th
By: JustPressPlay
NBC exec criticises iTunes pricing, anti-piracy security
2008-04-18 09:43:00 When NBC started making conciliatory gestures toward Apple back in January it looked as thought the network’s TV shows might soon be back on iTunes. Of course, that hasn’t happened, and the two companies are still arguing over how media is priced and whether Apple is using, as many analysts suspect, iTunes as a loss-leader to pull in new iPod buyers. Now NBC’s chief digital officer, George Kliavkoff, has cranked the pressure up a notch, with the suggestion that current anti-piracy solutions aren’t secure enough to protect his company’s content. “If you look at studies about MP3 players, especially leading MP3 players and what portion of that content is pirated, and think about how that content gets onto that device, it has to go through a gatekeeping piece of software, which would be a convenient place to put some antipiracy measures. One of the big issues for NBC is piracy. We are financially harmed every day by piracy. It results in us ...
NBC exec criticises iTunes pricing, anti-piracy security
2008-04-18 00:00:00 When NBC started making conciliatory gestures toward Apple back in January it looked as thought the network?s TV shows might soon be back on iTunes. Of course, that hasn?t happened, and the two companies are still arguing over how media is priced and whether Apple is using, as many analysts suspect, ...
NBC Wants Anti-Piracy, Pricing From Apple
2008-04-16 23:37:00 After an acrimonious and public split from Apple last year, NBC says it wants to put its TV content back on iTunes but the peacock wants anti-piracy measures and flexibility over pricing first. Speaking at the ad:tech conference in San Francisco, NBC
By: mini wisdom
Nigeria overtakes Indonesia in piracy
2008-04-16 10:25:00 Pirate attacks rose worldwide in the first quarter of the year, with Nigeria overtaking Indonesia as the country worst plagued by sea bandits, a global maritime watchdog said Wednesday.Seafarers suffered 49 attacks between January and March around the world, up 20 percent from the 41 in the same period last year, the International Maritime Bureau said in a report by its piracy reporting center in Malaysia.Nigeria ranked as the No. 1 hotspot amid a lack of effective law enforcement, with its 10 reported attacks ? mostly off its main city of Lagos ? accounting for one-fifth of the global total, the London-based bureau said.Indonesian waters have long been the world's most afflicted by pirates, but the number of attacks in the first quarter fell from nine last year to four in 2008, the report said."For the first time in the last decade ... Indonesia is no longer ranked with the highest number of reported incidents," the bureau said. "The Indonesia navy and police should be commended f...
Vista SP1 Upgrade Hack Is Piracy - And illegal
2008-04-16 01:39:00 Eric Ligman, Microsoft US Senior Manager Small Business Community Engagement, has come out guns blazing with sarcasm following reports of a Windows Vista Service Pack 1 loophole which permits end users to perform clean installations of the operating system instead of upgrades. The workaround is nothing new and represents an item of novelty just ...
By: CTF Blog
Europe rejects anti-piracy plans
2008-04-11 11:54:00 Europe rejects anti-piracy plansPersistent file-sharers should not be thrown off the net, say European politicians.http://news.bbc.co.-uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/734-2135.stm
[Interesting] Scrambling for Scrabulous: Is it piracy or in the public doma
2008-04-09 23:11:00 Forbes
Akshay's anti piracy message in TASHAN - News
2008-04-08 01:00:00 While YRF is being cautious in letting the plot of TASHAN known to the audience, the production house is also keeping things in control…... Read Original story
Australian Police Caught Pirating Movies
2008-04-07 23:25:00 Source: Torrentfreak A recent audit of computer systems belonging to the South Australia Police has found that hundreds are being used to ?share? films. In a move smacking of hypocrisy though, officers involved will not be charged. According to The Australian, during an audit of computer systems by the South Australian police force?s IT branch, police computers belonging to hundreds of police officers were found to contain movies. The origin of these movies is not clear, but it is probable that they?ve been downloaded via p2p at some point, either on these systems, or on the personal systems of officers and transferred over. Senior officials of the SA police force have been made aware of the findings, including its commissioner Mel Hyde. However, police sources have told press that there will not be any investigation into this, citing the large numbers of police officers involved. The Australian Federation against Copyright Theft (AFACT) has said it will write to the comm...
Karma! Sony BMG busted for software piracy in France
2008-04-02 11:12:00 From gizmodo: “Ouch, that payback, it can be a bitch — Sony BMG, distributors of rootkit-installing CDs and litigious foe of P2P users worldwide, has just been busted in France for using pirated software on its servers. And it gets even worse: Windows admin tool developer PointDev says a Sony BMG was caught when an IT ...
By: France travel
Antigua threatens to OK piracy if gambling dispute is ignored
2008-03-31 08:33:00 As reported by Variety: “The government of Antigua is likely to abrogate intellectual property treaties with the U.S. by the end of March and authorize wholesale copying of American movies, music and other ’soft targets’ if the Bush administration fails to respond to proposals for settling a trade dispute between the two counties, according to ...
Welcome to the Nightmare World of Open Piracy - Wired News
2008-03-22 16:21:00 Welcome to the Nightmare World of Open PiracyWired News - 1 hour agoBy Bruce Sterling March 22, 2008 | 10:18:15 AM (((You know, if we're all "pirates," every one of us, everywhere, what are we gonna call ourselves? ...
New Technology ending Hardware Piracy?
2008-03-16 13:53:00 I just read an interesting article on a new hardware technology that ? the patent owner hope ? would end piracy on Integrated Circuits. Obviously, piracy s not only a software problem?? New Tech Fights Chip Piracy With Virtual Lock and Key Roger P.S: Pretty bad is the typo in the first paragraph: A new technology unveiled Wednesday aims to prevent hardware privacy by protecting microchips with the virtual equivalent of an embedded "lock" that can be opened only by the patent owner. Are they use they mean Privacy and not Piracy J????
New technique to stamp out microchip piracy, save billions
2008-03-12 10:49:00 A new technique developed by Rice University will block piracy of microchips, something that causes billions of dollars in losses to chipmakers every year.
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What piracy problem? Piracy of Movies Creates Record Box Office for 2007
2008-03-07 05:15:00 After all the hoopla about piracy draining billions of dollars out of the music industry, it turns out that 2007 was a record box office year as a result!! The MPAA claims that piracy is causing dire harm to the movie business, but the combination of a record $9.63 box office take in 2007 and overheated piracy rhetoric lead us to wonder how bad off the motion picture industry really is.read more | digg story
By: EG Radio Online
Why Panasonic?s Divx Compatible Blu-Ray Player maybe the new key to PIRACY?
2008-03-06 18:54:00 Panasonic has Launched DMP-BD30EG/EE a DivX compatible Blu-Ray player. It is the first of its kind standalone Blu-Ray player which supports DivX. Playstation 3 users already had the option to play DivX on there Blu-Ray players. This is a very big step by Panasonic but is it a new door for Piracy?? First some Jargon Buster ...
Hard Times: PC Game Piracy In US Estimated At 75-80%
2008-03-04 06:57:00 Woe be the PC game developer these days, as various reports put piracy rates in the U.S. at approximately 70-85%.Pirates?! I'm supposed to be fighting a hydra!It's no wonder that Epic Games is dumping PC games for the greener pastures of console gaming: piracy rates for the U.S. market alone are hovering around 80%!And beyond the U.S., the piracy picture becomes even larger and more menacing -- especially if you're an independent developer without "Madden-sized advertising budget," said THQ Director of Creative Management Michael Fitch, who laid out his case against piracy and hardware manufactures in an epic rant at the Quarter to Three forums.In the post, Fitch attacked pirates, the PC software security model and everything in between. In Europe, he said, piracy rates approach 90%. In Asia, those figures are "off the charts.""I didn't believe [the data] at first. It seemed way too high. Then I saw that Bioshock was selling 5 to 1 on console vs. PC. And Call of Duty 4 was selli...
By: Sports Legends
Microsoft Vista Anti Piracy Features Cracked
2008-03-03 23:10:00 One of the problems with any security system is that there is always someone that can find a flaw. It doesn’t matter if you are talking about DVD’s, Music, or Operating Systems. In this case a group of hackers known as Pantheon have finally found a chink in Microsoft Vista’s product activation method. It has taken over a year, but this development should not come as a great surprise to anyone. It turns out that Microsoft in an attempt to placate certain large OEM’s like Asus and Levorno (IBM) a slightly different security model was used. Pantheon have now released a small program that when used in conjunction with a bootleg copy of Vista can take advantage of these holes and leave a perfectly functioning Vista system. As an added insult to Microsoft the computer passes the ‘Windows Genuine Advantage’ system and appears as a legitimate Windows machine. There is no doubt that Microsoft will fight back, unfortunately it might be a bit of a hard battle to win. Crippling the ...
Nintendo claims piracy costs it $975 million in 2007
2008-02-19 13:26:00 Gamertell – Nintendo might be winning the console war but it has another front to fight on. It has long been battling game pirates around the world, working closely with local authorities to clamp down on pirates in several countries including ... read more
Nintendo estimates it lost $975m worldwide in 2007 due to piracy
2008-02-15 05:25:00 Nintendo estimates it lost $975m worldwide in 2007 due to piracy Posted Feb 14th 2008 11:25PM by Nilay Patel Filed under:
By: mini wisdom
Nintendo asks U.S. to address worldwide piracy problems
2008-02-15 01:26:00 Nintendo of America Inc. has asked the U.S. Trade Representative to encourage specific governments around the world to take a more aggressive stance to combat piracy of Nintendo video games and systems. Nintendo filed its comments under a "Special 301" process, in which the U.S. Trade Representative solicits input from the public to underscore specific areas of concern. While China remains the primary source of manufacturing pirated Nintendo DS and Wii games, Korea has emerged as the leader in distributing illegal game files via the Internet. Despite aggressive anti-piracy actions taken by Nintendo, Brazil and Mexico remain saturated with counterfeit Nintendo software. Meanwhile, Paraguay and Hong Kong continue to serve as major transshipment points for global distribution of illegal goods. "The unprecedented momentum enjoyed by Nintendo DS and Wii makes Nintendo an attractive target for counterfeiters," said Jodi Daugherty, Nintendo of America's senior direct...
PS3 faces piracy threat - SendMeRSS
2008-02-14 15:46:00 PS3 faces piracy threatEver since it launched, the PS3 has been a target for hackers that tried to find a way to make the console work with pirated video-games. Until this day all their attempts failed, but it seems they've started making some serious progress. Just like with the PSP, hackers have found a way of running video game code from external and internal USB drives, without having to modify the console itself. Although this only works on Test PlayStation 3 (a developer version of the console), it's still a great breakthrough for piracy, hackers can now analyze how the PS3 handles the data, and come up with other developments. Still the Sony can lock down the PS3 with Firmware updates and, large video-games downloads are sure to lower the pirates' moral. Source: CVG No Tags Link - Comments - Spooky - Tue, 12 Feb 2008 05:58:40 GMT - Feed (1 subs) News PS3 Visit here to subscribe to these comments Sent using SendMeRss...
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ISPs Facing U.K. Piracy Legislation
2008-02-12 18:24:00 February 12, 2008By Andre Paine, LondonThe BPI has urged ISPs to work with the music industry as the U.K. government prepares to announce proposals to deal with illegal file-sharing. The trade body today said it applauded the government's willingness to tackle the issue. It follows widespread reports in the U.K. media that ministers are poised to commit to legislation that will force ISPs to cut off broadband users who illegally download films and music.A government Green Paper on the creative industries is set to propose a "three-strikes" rule, where users suspected of illegal file-sharing will first receive a warning, followed by a suspension for the second infringement and finally a termination of the contract. Those broadband companies which fail to comply would be prosecuted.The legislation is similar to the new French regulations on copyright infringement, although the British proposals are still subject to a consultation process. As previously reported, President Nicolas Sar...
By: EG Radio Online
Pro-Piracy 4.2
2008-02-09 22:42:00 Tired of searching through lists of warez sites and pages upon pages of stuff you dont want? Tire no more! with Pro-Piracy you can search for your favourite program/music/movie or game quickly and efficiently! Simply type in your warez and click the search button!
By: WAREZ Blog
Microsoft helps nab $900 million piracy ring
2008-02-08 22:11:00 In 2001, U.S. Customs officers seized a shipping container in Los Angeles filled with $100 million in fake software, including 31,000 copies of the Windows operating system. From there, Microsoft pushed the investigation through 22 countries.
Microsoft helps nab $900M piracy ring
2008-02-08 11:27:00 Near-perfect knockoffs of 21 different Microsoft programs began surfacing around the world just over a decade ago. Soon, PCs in more than a dozen countries were running illegal copies of Windows and Office, turning unwitting consumers into criminals and, Microsoft says, exposing them to increased risk of malicious viruses and spyware...Read the full article here.
By: Gadgets Express
RIAA: Client side filtering to stop piracy via encryption
2008-02-08 03:46:00 RIAA: Client side filtering to stop piracy via encryptionAs if an ISP filtering what content gets to you wasn't enough, Cary Sherman of the infamous RIAA says that the only way to really defeat piracy is via a client-side monitoring service, mu...
Who?s the Pirate?
2008-02-06 15:34:00 When electronica musician The Flashbulb, (aka Benn Jordan), was approached after one of his gigs by some fans who told him how much they enjoyed his music, he was flattered. When they then went on to tell him that they bought his tracks from iTunes, he was less than thrilled. Benn Jordan doesn’t have a contract ...
By: Noddegamra
PC Piracy Levels "Astounding" Say Call Of Duty 4 Devloper
2008-01-21 18:15:00 Infinity Ward's community manager muses, "they wonder why people don't make PC games any more." Infinity Ward would like to sniper pirates "We pulled some disturbing numbers this past week about the amount of PC players currently playing [Call of Duty 4] Multiplayer (which was fantastic)," writes Robert Bowling, on the game's community blog. "What wasn't fantastic was the percentage of those numbers who were playing on stolen copies of the game." "The amount of people who pirate PC games is astounding," he added. "It blows me away that people are willing to steal games (or anything) simply because it's not physical or it's on the safety of the internet to do." PC games sales have decreased in recent years due to rampant piracy of software and other digital goods over internet sharing sites.
By: The Leak Source
Software piracy is the unauthorized use or distribution of software
2008-01-18 04:16:00 BDV-776379-BDV What is Software Piracy? Software piracy is the unauthorized use or distribution of software. Why shouldn’t I use pirated or pirate software? Who am I hurting?There are several reasons not to use pirated or pirate software. It’s illegal and there is liability on your part. (See Liability for Piracy below) It’s risky. If the software is from an ...
Software piracy is the unauthorized use or distribution of software
2008-01-18 04:16:00 BDV-776379-BDV What is Software Piracy? Software piracy is the unauthorized use or distribution of software. Why shouldn’t I use pirated or pirate software? Who am I hurting?There are several reasons not to use pirated or pirate software. It’s illegal and there is liability on your part. (See Liability for Piracy below) It’s risky. If the software is from an ... |
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