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- Microsoft to modify Windows Genuine Advantage anti-piracy scheme
- Microsoft is making changes to its Windows Genuine Advantage WGA anti-piracy strategy via a couple of modifications it will implement in Vista Service Pack SP 1 and Windows Server 2008 next year. Microsoft is doing away with "reduced functionality mode" for individuals that its WGA activation and...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Antipiracy, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Piracy, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Operating Systems, Software, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2007-12-03
- Anti-P2P language likely to stay in higher ed bill
- News.com reports that language that would require universities to send off money to the Napster or Ruckus music subscription services if they can't stem P2P filesharing on campus is unlikely to be changed before a House vote on the measure. Debate on a massive Democratic-sponsored higher education...
- Tags: anti-P2P, Antipiracy, Napster Inc., Piracy, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2007-11-14
- Microsoft makes refurbished PCs its latest WGA anti-piracy target
- In its ongoing quest to make sure that no potential Windows revenue source is left untapped, Microsoft is expanding its tentacles deeper into the refurbished PC marketplace. On November 9, Microsoft launched a new program, the Microsoft Authorized Refurbisher MAR initiative, designed to make sure that OEMs,...
- Tags: PC, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Antipiracy, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Authorized Refurbisher, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2007-11-09
- Halloween Special - Which is scariest - Apple or Microsoft?
- OK, here's a little bit for fun for Halloween. Which is the scariest company - Apple or Microsoft? Let's take a look at some of the evidence before voting ... Microsoft: Enthusiastically pushing anti-piracy technologies such as WGA with no regard...
- Tags: Antipiracy, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Piracy, Linux, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Operating Systems, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2007-10-31
- Rights and wrongs in the antipiracy struggle
- Rights and wrongs in the antipiracy struggleMr. Sherman -- It is NOT stealing!!!!Please get that through your thick skulls and CLEAN UP your commercials and write-ups. Inform the public properly... Also, since you have the gull to come public with a write up, let's debate this like adults...
- Tags: Piracy, Peer to peer (P2P), antipiracy
- Discussion threads 2007-10-16
- Leaked e-mails reveal MediaDefender's antipiracy woes
- Leaked e-mails reveal MediaDefender's antipiracy woesFascinating stuff.Thank god for idiot employees forwarding confidential emails to poorly protected web-based email accounts.RE: Leaked e-mails reveal MediaDefender's antipiracy woesIt is not worth the time I'd spend finding and downloading a song illegally just to save 99 cents... unless the 99 cent song is...
- Tags: Piracy, INTERNET, antipiracy woe, MediaDefender, antipiracy, e-mail, CD
- Discussion threads 2007-09-20
- Terrorized by file swappers
- Terrorized by file swappersMPAA Nothing Has Chaged - Except For Hype.Although the above article is dated way back. I do not find any change in the technology advancements. I am presently working on an anti piracy solution for the analogue celluloid motion picture.There is no external device or IR/laser/finger printing...
- Tags: Piracy, Peer to peer (P2P), camcorder, antipiracy, file-swapping
- Discussion threads 2007-06-16
- Bill would free colleges to buy anti-piracy software
- Attacking the issue of illegal downloading on all fronts, one Congressman is proposing legislation to give grants to schools to install anti-piracy programs, reports Internet News. Rep. Ric Keller of Florida introduced legislation recently which would allow schools to apply for federal grants to help purchase anti-piracy systems. The...
- Tags: Legal Issues, Higher Ed, Education Technology
- Blog posts 2007-03-30
- Photo: Microsoft aims to stay ahead of pirates
- Antipiracy measures were a bit of an afterthought with Windows XP; with Vista, most of Microsoft's antipiracy work is built right in.
- Tags: antipiracy, afterthought, Microsoft Corp., piracy, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP, photograph, Microsoft Windows
- Image galleries 2007-03-30
- Image: A Windows pirate? Perhaps
- Microsoft has tweaked its antipiracy software to show when it can't quite decide whether the operating system is authorized or not.
- Tags: Operating systems, antipiracy, piracy, operating system, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., software
- Image galleries 2007-02-27
- News to know: Vista's anti-piracy trap; Apple TV delay; Tech policy
- Notable headlines: Ed Bott: Vista WGA problems confirmed below. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: What does Windows Vista reduced functionality mode look like? WGA blog focus.How to Galleries: The deactivation process, reduced functionality mode and getting Vista back. Flaws in tech support tools open PCs to attack. Ryan Naraine: Researcher issues Oracle DB...
- Tags: General
- Blog posts 2007-02-27
- A brief history of anti-piracy at Microsoft
- A brief history of anti-piracy at MicrosoftWhen will we be brave enough...... to not buy what we don't like?See my small cartoon:http://geekandpoke.typepad.com/geekandpoke/2007/02/wisdom_of_the_f.htmlBYe,OliverWhatever you do......[i]"Don't copy that floppy!"[/i]Thanks for sharing!Before XPI'd just note that product activation was trialled before it came to Windows XP -- in some versions of Office 2000...
- Tags: antipiracy, piracy, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2007-02-24
- A brief history of anti-piracy at Microsoft
- I’m revisiting Microsoft’s Genuine Advantage program this week, in light of the introduction of a new WGA Notifications tool for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. (Microsoft’s official description is here; the download page is here.) As background, I thought it might be interesting to post a brief history of...
- Tags: Microsoft, WGA, Licensing
- Blog posts 2007-02-24
- Only consumers pressure can curb Microsoft's obsession with anti-piracy technology
- Only consumers pressure can curb Microsoft's obsession with anti-piracy technologyGaaahhh!I'm going to spend the rest of the day getting that image out of my head!The funny thing is that it's the thief who's worrying about piracyEvery MS product started as some other company's idea. They were either reverse-engineered (CP/M-86,...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), antipiracy, Microsoft Corp., TPM, piracy
- Discussion threads 2007-02-20
- Only consumers pressure can curb Microsoft's obsession with anti-piracy technology
- Last week Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told Wall Street analysts that "piracy reduction can be a source of Windows revenue growth." One way that Microsoft could reduce piracy is to make WGA tougher. This would be good for Microsoft but a disaster for consumers. Consumers need to...
- Tags: DRM, Microsoft, Vista
- Blog posts 2007-02-20
- Is your PC's security worth more than $150?
- The Federal Trade Commission FTC has announced that record label Sony BMG is to reimburse consumers up to $150 for damages caused to their PC by hidden anti-piracy software embedded into music CDs. Is this enough to protect consumers?Will this send a message to big companies that its wrong...
- Tags: antipiracy, big company, CD, DRM, Legal, PC, Sony BMG Music Entertainment
- Blog posts 2007-02-02
- Hacker finds chink in Microsoft's anti-piracy armor
- Hacker finds chink in Microsoft's anti-piracy armorScary legal noticesSort of like HollyWierd's CSS, the idea isn't to stop system access -- it's to trigger the DMCA so that anyone who even does research will spend the rest of his life in jail (or destitute thanks to the defense costs.)Message has...
- Tags: Piracy, Microsoft Corp., security, anti-piracy armor, antipiracy, hacker
- Discussion threads 2007-01-30
- Hacker finds chink in Microsoft's anti-piracy armor
- A security researcher in India has discovered "easy to exploit" ways to cheat Microsofts OGA Office Genuine Advantage anti-piracy checks.Debasis Mohanty, a hacker with a history of circumventing Redmonds software validation tools, says there are numerous ways to bypass the checks, which generate a hash out of information from the...
- Tags: Piracy, Hacking, Microsoft Office, SECURITY, Microsoft Corp., Mohanty, antipiracy
- Blog posts 2007-01-30
- Microsoft to use comics in antipiracy campaign
- Microsoft to use comics in antipiracy campaignYou will need a goood sense of humor ...if you are running this crap!Choices.You have a piece of software in front of you and you have the choice of paying for it or not paying for it. What makes up your mind either way?...
- Tags: antipiracy, Microsoft Corp., piracy, software
- Discussion threads 2007-01-21
- Microsoft to include anti-piracy kill switch in Windows (after originally saying it wouldn't do so)
- Microsoft to include anti-piracy kill switch in Windows (after originally saying it wouldn't do so)Its Performance StupidMicrosoft Security/ AntiPiracy is likely not the story we in IT need to follow. How goes it on performance? The HP scandle clews us into the fact that HP didn't like Intel's move to...
- Tags: Piracy, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., XP Activation, Microsoft Windows XP, antipiracy
- Discussion threads 2006-10-04
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