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CD shipments surge after lean years

CD shipments surge after lean yearsMusic Industry PropagandaScenario 1: "CD sales are down? Well, we obviously need better piracy protection, tougher laws, more lawsuits, and to banish online music sales to the dustbin of history."Scenario 2: "CD sales are flat? Well, we obviously need better piracy...

Tags: CD, dustbin, lawsuit, MP3, online music, online music sale, piracy protection, RIAA, sales, tougher law

Discussion threads 2004-10-20

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Frugal Friday: Joblessness, DROID, Chrome OS, Richard Stallman, V.i. labs

Frugal Networker Ken Hess and I discuss the dwindling IT employment landscape, my experiences with the Motorola/Verizon DROID, the Google Chrome OS developer code release, Ken's recent interview with Richard Stallman, and we interview Victor DeMarines of V.i. labs, the anti-piracy and software protection company. ...

Tags: Lab, Richard Stallman, Piracy, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-11-21

Copyright associations want enforcement for free

The defender of status quo?What a tired old rant. Use technology and the law to enforce ill advised and ill gotten copyright protection.The internet has revolutionized mankind's ability to communicate and share knowledge and culture, and you want to put it under lock and key to deny mankind that benefit?How...

Tags: Benefits, Federal government, Sales force management, Mickey Mouse, Internet

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

New LoroBot ransomware encrypts files, demands $100 for decryption

You forgot to mention....which OSs it affects! Or is it based on something multi-platform like Java?Look at the bigger size version of the screenshot, it's all in thereA lot of russian characters and...YES, you guessed it right, the word "windows" prominently displayed in red in the title.Who would ever thought...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, LoroBot, decryption, malware

Discussion threads 2009-10-27

Who is the 90-day Windows 7 Enterprise trial aimed at exactly?

I don't understand you blog? You don't think there are not many businesses and organizations out there in the SMB market, for example, that fall into a large group that could benefit from trying windows 7 out? Are you saying buying a copy would be better? I don't get...

Tags: Adrian, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-09-02

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

Court upholds RealDVD injunction; supports outdated laws and Hollywood business model

RE: Court upholds RealDVD injunction; supports outdated laws and Hollywood Just shows you who the government actually works for.So what's new? [NT].broken systemWe have a broken judicial system that repeatedly favors the rich and the powerful at the expense of the citizens.Judge acknowledges system is brokenNo mavericks in the court,....

Tags: Strategy, Digital Millenium Copyright Act, business model, agreement, MPAA, DVD

Discussion threads 2009-08-12

Your iPhone could soon be watching you!

Have you completely lost your mind?"OK, this seems like a great feature for product vendors because it allows them to duck warranty obligations"What obligations are there exactly if you drop your iPod into a bathtub, or spill coffee on it while driving? If anything, these nuissance claims get built into...

Tags: Smart phones, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2009-08-07

Windows 7 activation ... FAIL!

Windows 7 activation ... FAIL!They sure have...Now if they'd only do so by making an actual good product rather than just locking everybody into using it....No SoI've been running Linux since giving up on Windows by having too many BSOD screens with Windows ME. And frankly, given Windows Genuine PITA...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Windows 7, Linux, Microsoft Windows, desktop

Discussion threads 2009-07-29

Fusion Electronics Selects SafeNet Hardware Keys, Implements Usagebased Pricing

Fusion Electronics develops products for the automation of the dairy industry. The product range consists of herd management software and automated milking and feeding, as well sensor technologies for cows, goats, sheep, and camels. Fusion Electronics required software protection and licensing for their herd management software, Crystal, as well as...

Tags: Software, Electronics, Hardware, Pricing Strategy, SafeNet Inc., Tools & Techniques, Management

Case studies 2009-06-25

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

China demands new PCs carry spyware

China demands new PCs carry spywareI don't think that anyone thinks that China's government has changed its position on freedom of speech.RE: China demands new PCs carry spywareWait for something like this to come our way in the US. Except under the guise of protection against software piracy.RE: China demands...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, COMPANIES, spyware, government

Discussion threads 2009-06-08

RealDVD hearing: Don't block the software because of what-ifs

If I could be be punished for the things I could do - instead of what I actually do - I would been behind bars years ago. Hollywood movies studios are trying to punish RealNetworks for something that its software could do, not what it actually does,...

Tags: Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-04-28

Apple: Jailbreaking an iPhone = copyright infringement

Apple: Jailbreaking an iPhone = copyright infringement oh yes, Apple is only against protecting IP rights of othersApple's own IP rights - that's something totally different! Not related at all. Apple's IP is by definition cool and deserves all the protection in the world. Like their latest idea with -...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Apple IP, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, Jailbreaking, digital-rights management

Discussion threads 2009-02-13

ExeShield 4.4 (Windows)

Turn your shareware, trial or demo applications into "try-before-you-buy" software with little effort and maximum protection against piracy, backdating, reverse-engineering or any kind of tampering. ExeShield will protect virtually any Win32 executable, including: Visual Basic, Delphi, C++, C++ Builder, PowerBasic, MASM, Visual Studio, .net applications. Features: Anti-debugging & Anti-monitoring Protection;...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Backdating, ExeShield, Microsoft Development Tools, Programming Languages, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Software downloads 2009-02-12

IE8 lock-in warning for XP SP3 users

IE8 lock-in warning for XP SP3 usersIsn't this always the case? Why can't MS sepreate theirsoftware from the OS and make programs into self contained packages so an install and and uninstall is simple matter of drag and drop. Instead they scatter stuff all over and no one...

Tags: Web browsers, Lord, IE8, SP3, XP SP3 user, XP SP3, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Internet Explorer

Discussion threads 2009-01-27

Mac OS X Malware found in pirated Apple iWork 09

Mac OS X Malware found in pirated Apple iWork 09Not to sound too crass..but anyone who uses illegally obtained software deserves what they get.How can this be? OS X is super duper secure!Seems that's not the case. As I've been saying for quite some time.It is a feature...iMalware.Just download the...

Tags: Operating systems, Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Apple Mac OS, Mac-user, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Inc., malware, Apple iWork, Mac OS X Malware, Apple iWork 09, Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2009-01-22

SecuROM DRM sucks

SecuROM DRM sucksThey are never going to accept thatUnless they are legally forced to. That means massive class-action lawsuits, and no one thus far wants to go that far.Read carefully and see the message...The relevant line to the post you are responding to is:"how many pirates have machines with the...

Tags: Games, SecuROM DRM, game, piracy, SecurROM

Discussion threads 2008-12-18

DC App Protector 2.0 (Windows)

AppProtecor is an application that allows you to protect Windows executable files against piracy. Using multi level encryption algorithms. Thanks for Nested Layers Protection NLP, new protection technology we adopt in our protection system. AppProtecor Dialog box is generated on the fly so any hackers attempt to remove its resource...

Tags: Encryption Algorithm, C++, EgyFirst Software, AppProtecor, AppProtecor Dialog Box, C/C++, Programming Languages, Microsoft Windows, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2008-12-11

When Linux fails

When Linux failsBravo nice articletruly love it .....All very good points! In China, the little corner shops make a meagerliving installing and supporting pirated Windows and MS Office, and they have years doing it. They see NO reason to switch to Windows, where the end users do not need any...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Microsoft Corp., Linux Fails, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-12-08