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Microsoft launches 'Genuine' antipiracy initiative

March 9, 2006 Company to combine education, engineering, enforcement efforts to slow counterfeiting and piracy of its software. TAGS: antipiracy, piracy, Microsoft Corp.

Windows adds 'maybe pirate' category

February 28, 2007 The company's antipiracy software adds a "yellow state" for times when it just can't tell if software is genuine.Image: A 'maybe pirate' TAGS: validation, piracy, antipiracy, Microsoft Corp., copy, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP

Microsoft to use comics in antipiracy campaign

January 22, 2007 Software giant has been expanding its antipiracy campaign since mid-2005, but can't yet say whether efforts are paying off.Images: Which copy of XP is the fake? TAGS: comic, antipiracy, piracy, campaign, Brazil, intellectual property, Microsoft Corp., copy, Microsoft Windows

Vista Views: Putting PCs on hold over piracy

October 6, 2006 Readers pitch on whether Microsoft is doing the right thing in using lockouts to enforce its antipiracy measures. TAGS: margin, antipiracy, hold, piracy, Microsoft Windows Vista, font, Microsoft Corp., operating system, PC, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows

Microsoft to lock pirates out of Vista PCs

October 4, 2006 Antipiracy tech to shut people out of their PCs if the OS isn't activated soon after installation. TAGS: antipiracy, Microsoft Windows Vista, piracy, Microsoft Corp., operating system, PC, Microsoft Windows, Web browser, Microsoft Windows XP

Swedes in good hands with P2P insurance policy?

June 30, 2006 File-sharers in Sweden, which has cracked down on Net piracy, can now buy policy to protect against government fines. TAGS: Sweden, insurance, piracy, antipiracy, fine, P2P

Microsoft makes copying Vista a monster task

March 30, 2007 From the box to the code, Redmond is clamping down, forcing pirates to go to greater lengths to create "Frankenbuilds" that can evade detection. Photo: Staying ahead of pirates TAGS: antipiracy, validation, product key, piracy, activation, Microsoft Windows Vista, check, Microsoft Corp., operating system, Microsoft Windows, PC

U.S. calls for more antipiracy action from China

April 12, 2006 Government officials applaud China's PC and optical disc factory crackdown but say more action is needed. TAGS: China, piracy, antipiracy, business software, margin, U.S., operating system, PC

Can cryptography prevent printer-ink piracy?

June 27, 2007 A San Francisco company is developing chips that use encryption to control which ink cartridges and printers work together. TAGS: cryptography, cartridge, antipiracy, business development, piracy, printer, hacker, vice president, code, San Francisco, security
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