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- China to sue MSFT over high prices
- How do you know when a country is ready to enter the legions of developed nations? When it's ready to sue Microsoft. AFP reports that China is conducting an anti-monopoly investigation into giant Microsoft. China's State Intellectual Property Office is leading the investigation and private firms will likely...
- Tags: China, Microsoft Corp., MSFT, Tools & Techniques, Government, Piracy, Microsoft Windows, Management, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Operating Systems, Software, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-06-18
- Sea Copter (dmg)
- After a powerful freak storm, close to a coast guard base, a mysterious sea vortex has formed from the ocean depths, a giant whirlpool that consumes everything in its radius. Merchant ships caught off guard in the mysterious storm have drifted into the vortex's watery grip. Some ships escaped the...
- Tags: Ship, Reliabit, Piracy, Business Operations, Corporate Law
- Software downloads 2008-06-17
- Students (unaware/don't care) about music legalities
- I think the vast majority of people aren't too concerned about the inconsistencies, confusion and misunderstood legalities of sharing, trading and even possession of music tracks. But it does seem to be a growing problem, as a news reports suggest. Many university networks appear limited to some...
- Tags: Student, Legality, Music, Piracy, Peer To Peer (P2P), Business Operations, Corporate Law, Internet, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-06-16
- Study: MP3 generation still a bunch of pirates
- Study: MP3 generation still a bunch of piratesAnd if the study was done before MP3'sYou would have probably gotten similar stats for copies of cassettes. Where the record industry messed up at was not selling MP3 music online sooner.Music industry cartel propaganda.How many people were surveyed? 3? 100? A million?...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, MP3, music, MP3 generation, piracy
- Discussion threads 2008-06-16
- Jail time for anti-copyright pirate?
- Jail time for anti-copyright pirate?Why not a death penalty?Only 5 years in prison and only $250k in fines. That's so lame...Can't complainIf you're going to play the civil disobedience game, expect to pay full price for the privilege.Jail time is what thieves deserve ...Why should we feel sorry for a...
- Tags: illegal copy, Jail Time, piracy
- Discussion threads 2008-05-23
- Jail time for anti-copyright pirate?
- If you're a self-avowed rebel intent on purposely violating copyright law, you could at least put your server on the *other* side of the border. BetaNews reports: Barry Gitarts, 25, was convicted of "conspiracy to commit criminal copyright infringement" and found guilty...
- Tags: Group, Piracy, Internet, Servers, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Hardware, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-05-23
- Pirate Ship 3D Screensaver (exe)
- Just a few centuries ago the seas were ruled by bloodthirsty and greedy pirates. They not only robbed the civilian fleet but also battled each other for the stolen loot. A lot of their ships sank in the Caribbean and still remain their. In this screensaver we get an awesome...
- Tags: 3D, Astro Gemini Software, Piracy, Business Operations, Corporate Law
- Software downloads 2008-05-13
- House committee passes 'gluttonous' Pro IP Act
- So, we have a credit crisis, a foreclosure crisis, a full-blown recession and no plans on how to get out of Iraq or how to create a regional solution. So what do we need? How about an intellectual property czar and stiffer penalties for unauthorized music downloading? ...
- Tags: Damage, CD, IP, Piracy, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-05-01
- Crytek: We seem to lead the charts in piracy by a large margin
- Crytek: We seem to lead the charts in piracy by a large marginTribes 2 was the sameAges ago, "Tribes 2" was way too powerful for the hardware at the time, and sales were negatively affected partially as a result.RE: Crytek: We seem to lead the charts in piracy by a...
- Tags: Games, game, piracy, Crysis, hardware
- Discussion threads 2008-04-30
- Crytek: We seem to lead the charts in piracy by a large margin
- PC Play has an interview with Cevat Yerli, president of the German studio Crytek, the studio that bought the first person shooter Crysis. In this interview, Yerli states that piracy is a big problem for Crytek, and I think I know why. PC Play: How do you estimate the...
- Tags: Performance, PC, PC Play, Crysis, Games, Piracy, Desktops, Personal Technology, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Hardware, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-04-30
- How evil is China?
- Matt Asay has a headline today that's doubtless worth a click -- Microsoft and Novell seek to exonerate Chinese piracy. The news peg is that Microsoft and Novell extended their existing agreement on IP to China. They call it "an incremental investment in their relationship" aimed...
- Tags: China, America, Matt Asay, Matt, Intellectual Property, Piracy, Research & Development, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-04-21
- Invincible ignorance and the Pirate's Bay
- Invincible ignorance and the Pirate's BayAgree in fullI'll also make the audacious claim that if one really thinks that software/recordings/books should be free, the right thing to do is to follow Richard Stallman's example by producing one's own freely sharable items and encouraging others to do likewise. Pirating copyrighted...
- Tags: piracy, software
- Discussion threads 2008-04-04
- Caribbean Hideaway (exe)
- Take a trip to the beautiful Caribbean and create your very own tropical hideaway by matching objects. Sail the high seas with your clan of bandits and recruit citizens to your village. Earn gold and fame to build the greatest pirate village of them all as you search the ocean...
- Tags: SpinTop Games, Piracy, Scripting Languages, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Software/Web Development, Web Development
- Software downloads 2008-03-17
- Japan's ISPs agree to ban P2P pirates
- Four of Japan's largest Internet provider organizations have come to an agreement with copyright holders on how to tackle the illegal file trading on P2P Peer to Peer networks. Comprised of about 1000 major and smaller Japanese Internet providers, the four organizations agreed to target flagrant copyright violators by first...
- Tags: Internet Provider, Japan, File-trading, P2P, Internet Service Provider, Piracy, Internet, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet Service Providers (ISPs), George Ou
- Blog posts 2008-03-16
- MPAA: Net neutrality an assault on creativity
- MPAA: Net neutrality an assault on creativityI think you made a typo in the title.It says "creativity" where it really meant to say [b]"PROFITS."[/b]You should read Blender's [u http://www.blender.com/articles/default.aspx?key=18696&pg=3]20 Biggest Record Company Screw-Ups of All-Time[/u] and pay particular attention to #1.YawnSome members of the MPAA sell DVDs for $3 in...
- Tags: Government, Network technology, Broadband Internet, MPAA, Net Neutrality, assault, piracy
- Discussion threads 2008-03-13
- Sea Wolves (exe)
- The most part of dry land disappeared under the water in result of chain man-caused cataclysms. The planet was flooded with disgusting monsters. And the ruthless pirates have seized the power over survived people. You are the captain of a frigate and you are furrowing the boundless seas. The sea...
- Tags: Sea, Captain, Alawar Entertainment, Sea Way, Piracy, Business Operations, Corporate Law
- Software downloads 2008-03-06
- Tales of Pirates (exe)
- Based on 5000 years of background history with Piracy as its central theme, Tales of Pirates lets players have a fruitful navigating experience as well as exploration of the unknown. This fully 3D designed multiplayer online game is comical in nature and has humorous looking characters and creatures. The game...
- Tags: Piracy, Internet Gaming Gate, Games, Internet, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2008-03-06
- KB940510+highlights+some+counterfeit+Windows+installations
- KB940510+highlights+some+counterfeit+Windows+installationsVery goodVery good. It's time Microsoft step up their anti-piracy efforts. I bought Windows Vista when I built my new computer and I could not be happier. It's cheap. Just get the OEM-version and it will cost you almost nothing. There is no support included but most users can do...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Windows XP, piracy, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, software, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-02-27
- Updates WGA in SP1
- See how SP1 changes the face of Windows Genuine Advantage WGA. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: screenshots, Windows, Vista, SP1, WGA, genuine, piracy
- Image galleries 2008-02-11
- Microsoft+slams+the+door+on+Vista+pirates
- Microsoft+slams+the+door+on+Vista+piratesUnfortunately, I think this will just be like showing the bull a red rag...Now that MS has blocked these workrounds, it will be hackers bragging rights as to who comes up with a new one quick enough.It seems that it is morally legit to hack MS software and claim "monopoly,...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft+slams+the+door+on+Vista+pirates, piracy, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2008-02-10
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