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Study: Software piracy costs $34 billion
May 23, 2006 Losses worldwide are up $1.6 billion from 2004, IDC finds. About one out of every three software copies is pirated.Vista views: Microsoft's license changes
October 18, 2006 Readers pitch on whether Microsoft is being too stringent in restricting Vista transfers to one PC.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'EMI's hit man
November 16, 2006 newsmaker Even in the age of the iPod, albums will continue to exist, says EMI Music's David Munns. Why? Because every musical artist wants to do one.About South Korea's 'dependency' on Microsoft
January 29, 2007 CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos says South Korea might be in bed with Microsoft, but PC users there are kicking the company hard.GE's top exec urges piracy fight
June 20, 2007 Vice Chairman Bob Wright says media companies need to join forces with Internet service providers in the battle to end piracy.Microsoft tries to stop Vista piracy monster
December 14, 2006 The software maker releases an update to the operating system designed to thwart a workaround dubbed "frankenbuild."Microsoft launches 'Genuine' antipiracy initiative
March 9, 2006 Company to combine education, engineering, enforcement efforts to slow counterfeiting and piracy of its software.Vista won't show fancy side to pirates
April 13, 2006 Aero graphics require higher-end version of Vista, plus system meeting arcane requirements.Week in videos: iPhone envy and mass piracy
June 9, 2007 This week, the HTC Touch aims to be the first "iPhone killer." Meanwhile, Apple makes news without even trying.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.Apple calls French law 'state-sponsored piracy'
March 22, 2006 Company attacks proposal that would force it to make iTunes songs playable on devices competing with the iPod.Inadvertent pirates to pay Microsoft millions
December 20, 2006 Disc duplication company it hired is allegedly responsible for 20,000 unauthorized copies of Microsoft Exchange and SQL Server.Torvalds talks like a pirate
September 21, 2006 Aaaar! Linux leader uses salty sea-dog language to introduce 2.6.18 update to the kernel of the open-source OS.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.Napster wildfire spreads beyond music
May 15, 2000 As the Net overcomes today's size and speed barriers, Napster-like technologies could be used to trade everything from full-length movies to entire computer operating systems--basically, anything d...Ballmer: We need a $100 PC
October 20, 2004 The Microsoft CEO says one way to stem growing piracy of Windows and Office in emerging markets is to offer low-cost computers.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?Hollywood's copyright enforcer
August 27, 2007 Dean Garfield helped lead the fights against music sites Grokster and Kazaa. Now he's battling pirates from the movie studios' ramparts.Studios, RIAA target student piracy
April 27, 2006 Organizations send letters to 40 universities, urgently asking them to curtail illegal file sharing on their school networks. Sponsored matches for "piracy"
