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- Windows Genuine Advantage: Spyware or legitimate tool?
- Last week Microsoft was sued in a Washington district court for allegedly violating privacy laws through its use of Windows Genuine Advantage WGA anti-piracy mechanism in Windows XP. Is WGA a legitimate anti-piracy tool or is it spyware? by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Antipiracy, Spyware, Tool, Piracy, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2009-09-08
- Microsoft to add more anti-piracy features to Office 2010
- It's been said before, but it bears repeatingIf Microsoft spent anywhere near the time it spends policing piracy on feature correctness, and bug squashing, there would be much less need to worry about piracy.Most people know that there are many ways to get Office cheaply and legitimately, and no one...
- Tags: Piracy, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., antipiracy
- Discussion threads 2009-08-27
- Microsoft to add more anti-piracy features to Office 2010
- Microsoft is adding more "Genuine Advantage" features to its forthcoming Office 2010 release to make the product harder to pirate. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Antipiracy, Microsoft Corp., Piracy, Microsoft Office, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Office Suites, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-08-27
- Office 2010 to expand antipiracy features
- Doublespeak, plain and simpleI don't know why corporate types are so bent on trying to make everything sound like they are doing some sort of favor to the customer. It's a disease that permeates corporate America. And since it's so easy to see through, it does nothing but lessen the...
- Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, Microsoft Office, antipiracy, piracy, piracy rate, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-08-26
- Office 2010 to expand antipiracy features
- In an effort to protect customers from pirated software (and protect the company's bottom line) Microsoft has announced that it is to expand Office Genuine Advantage and Software Protection Platform. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Antipiracy, Piracy, Microsoft Office, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Office Suites, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2009-08-26
- Two questions about Microsoft's future ...
- Two questions about Microsoft's future ...The evil of subscriptionHow would an OS subscription be anything other than a complete rip-off to the end user? There are so many reasons why a subscription system would fail and fail badly. The cost of implementation, activation issues, anti-piracy concerns. All of this and...
- Tags: Piracy, Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Corp., antipiracy, operating system, software
- Discussion threads 2009-07-30
- Microsoft sheds its third-party anti-piracy technology
- Last fall, Microsoft abruptly halted sales of its Software Licensing and Protection Services -- a technology similar to its own Genuine activation/anti-piracy mechanism. On June 9, Microsoft announced it had found a new home for SLP -- by licensing it to a startup in Ireland. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Antipiracy, Microsoft Corp., Piracy, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-06-09
- France passes controversial antipiracy bill
- France passes controversial antipiracy bill damn the FrenchWhy move forward when we can move backwards eh? technological innovation ha we are french we need none of that, where are my cigarettes? It's amazing what kind of laws you can buy when the lawmakers don't actually understand what the hell they...
- Tags: Piracy, antipiracy
- Discussion threads 2009-05-13
- Microsoft patent loss: It's about activation not validation
- I've seen a few folks celebrating the patent ruling as something that could put a damper on Microsoft's Genuine Advantage anti-piracy technologies in Windows. But it looks like it may be a little soon to dance on the WGA/OGA graves. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Antipiracy, Microsoft Corp., Piracy, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-04-09
- Jury orders Microsoft to pay $388 million over anti-piracy patent
- Jury orders Microsoft to pay $388 million over anti-piracy patentThat was my first reaction tooBut then I saw this case went all the way back to 2003. I figure somewhere it would have been tossed in the six years hence. A lot of docs were sealed in the case file...
- Tags: Piracy, anti-piracy patent, antipiracy, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-04-08
- Jury orders Microsoft to pay $388 million over anti-piracy patent
- A Rhode Island jury has ordered Microsoft to pay $388 million in damages for infringing on an anti-piracy patent owned by Uniloc, a company that makes software that ensures licensing rights and security. The jury decision almost ends a lawsuit that dates back to September 2003. The...
- Tags: Algorithm, Patent, Data, Antipiracy, Microsoft Corp., Registration Number, Piracy, Engineering, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-04-08
- Steam "makes DRM obsolete" ... with more DRM!
- Steam claims to have made DRM obsolete ... with more DRM! by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Digital-rights Management, Antipiracy, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Games, Piracy, Digital Media, Security, Personal Technology, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Consumer Electronics, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2009-03-24
- Microsoft's "Don't Talk Like a Pirate" day
- Microsoft's "Global Anti-Piracy Day" kicks off. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Piracy, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Antipiracy, Linux, Operating Systems, Software
- Blog posts 2008-10-21
- Now Debuting: One-Click Payment For Illegal Downloads
- Frank Zappa again is a mother of invention.  Since Friday, songs of the experimental musician, dead now for almost 15 years, have been used to test a one-click system for getting payments from individuals who download works of artists illegally. ...
- Tags: Payment, Musician, Antipiracy, Nexicon Inc., Piracy, Operational Accounting, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-09-16
- The importance of the Veoh decision
- Needless to say, Google's lawyers are happy. They now have a precedent to hit Viacom over the head with. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Antipiracy, DMCA, Safe Harbor, Video, Veoh, Corporate Communications, Piracy, Marketing, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-08-28
- 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
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