Handset maker Nokia confirmed Wednesday that hackers had managed to crack anticopying protections in games designed for its new N-Gage, a gadget that combines a cell phone with a Game Boy-like handheld gaming console.
The seventh annual study into global software piracy commissioned by the business software association (BSA), has named the Asia-Pacific region as the most costly in terms of software piracy with losses for 2001 topping US$4.5 billion.
The sentencing of three students charged with multi-million dollar copyright violations has been delayed until November 18.
Some Wi-Fi hot spots allow users to remain anonymous and untraceable, thwarting any efforts to sue for copyright violations.
Telecommunications lobbyists are lining up to oppose Hollywood's demands for new copyright laws. Verizon lawyer Sarah Deutsch explains what's behind this confrontation.
Microsoft is going to let everyone -- even people with an illegal pirate copy of Windows XP -- download IE7 because the software giant really cares about the safety and security of all Internet users. (But don't mention Firefox ...)
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Former White House staffer Jonathan Greenblatt believes Hollywood can respond to the challenge of new media but that it must first must reconsider its audience. Otherwise, Tinseltown's future is sure to turn ugly.
A study has been released that claims reducing Australian software piracy from 27 percent of all software used to 17 percent could create 7,000 more jobs and boost local industry revenues by AU$5 billion over the four years till 2006.
Business Software Alliance's Bob Kruger defends new piracy stats which reflect a growing threat to digital copyrights.
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Pirates ahoy! Microsoft prepares to do battle. When Microsoft releases Office XP in a few months, the company will face off against its two toughest competitors: software pirates and, well, Microsoft.
Commentary: Amidst a rush of DVD burners, each one more surprising than the last, ZDNet Australia's reviews editor wonders why they're so popular all of a sudden.
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The software giant digs its roots a little deeper into the music business as Macrovision agrees to license its Windows digital rights management technology for CDs.
In June, on a long transcontinental flight to a major trade show, Office XP did a mean thing to me: It suspected me of piracy. And it locked me out. Well, Microsoft has gotten to the bottom of my awful XP-erience. Here's how, and what it found.
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