Glasgow is UK's runner-up in software piracy stakes

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| Glasgow has been crowned the worst city in the UK for software piracy outside
| of Greater London.
|
| In a bid to crackdown on the problem, the Business Software Alliance (BSA)
| will kick-off a month-long awareness campaign this week.
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http://www.channelregister.co.uk/200...ftware_piracy/

Hey, [H]omer, Microsoft is insulting you. They want people to "steal ours
[Microsoft software]," but they still complain. They use the word "pirates",
too.

BSA is a proxy, just likes SCO. It absorbs the bad PR. It's "good cop, bad
cop".

Microsoft files 20 software piracy suits

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| Microsoft Corp. said Wednesday that it's filed 20 lawsuits in 13 states
| against alleged dealers of counterfeit software.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/bizj/071031/1543475.html?.v=1


Related:

Microsoft continues pursuit of software pirates

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| Wednesday's moves are part of Microsoft's Genuine Software Initiative (GSI),
| which the company launched in July 2005 to prevent pirated and counterfeited
| versions of Microsoft software being sold to users. Â*
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20...nfoworld/93027


Microsoft says college students can 'steal' Office

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| Well, actually Microsoft isn't encouraging piracy. Rather it is launching a
| promotion, dubbed "Ultimate Steal," in which college students can get the
| ultra high-end Ultimate edition of Office for just $60. Â*
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http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-977...=2547-1_3-0-20


Governments Must Reject Gates' $3 Bid to Addict Next Billion PC Users

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| "Microsoft's strategy of getting developing nations hooked on its
| software was clearly outlined by Bill Gates almost a decade ago," said
| Con Zymaris, CEO of long-standing open source firm Cybersource.
|
| Specifically, Bill Gates, citing China as an example, said:
| Â*
| Â* "Although about 3 million computers get sold every year in China, but
| Â* people don't pay for the software," he said. "Someday they will, though.
| Â* As long as they are going to steal it, we want them to steal ours.
| Â* They'll get sort of addicted, and then we'll somehow figure out how to
| Â* collect sometime in the next decade."[1]
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http://www.cybersource.com.au/press/...t_billion.html


Microsoft Happy with the Evolution of Windows Vista Piracy

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| But the truth is that Microsoft is happy with the way Windows Vista
| piracy is evolving. Is there a catch to this? No. The fact of the
| matter is that Windows Vista has delivered a heavy blow to
| software counterfeiters. The reason for this is the new Windows
| Genuine Advantage security mechanism integrated into the
| operating system.
|
| You may not notice this on the surface. On the surface, the
| Internet is crawling with Windows Vista cracks, hacks and
| workarounds. On the surface, every Windows Vista edition has
| been cracked and is available for download via peer-to-peer
| networks. But this is not the true extent of Windows Vista piracy.
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http://news.softpedia.com/news/Micro...cy-50577.shtml


Ballmer hints at tougher Vista antipiracy crackdown

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| According to the Business Software Alliance, an antipiracy watchdog
| group for the software industry, counterfeits accounted for 86
| percent of the software sold in China, 72 percent in India, 64
| percent in Brazil and 83 percent in Russia. The figures are 2005
| estimates, the last year for which data is available.
|
| [...]
|
| It appears that Ballmer doesn't agree, for he hinted that Vista's
| antipiracy features might be tightened even more. "We [will]
| really ferret through how far we can dial it up, and what that
| means for customer experience and customer satisfaction," he said.
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http://www.arnnet.com.au/index.php/i...2;fp;16;fpid;1


Chinese attitude on buying Vista

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| I've mentioned above,the price of Vista is higher than RMB2000 (about
| USD257) may not shake users in developed countries, but do you know it
| is equal to the average monthly salary in China's economic center
| Shanghai!So please take this fact into consideration before
| criticize our behavior of buying pirate softwares.
|
| recent survey of public opinion from China's portal NetEase shows that 81%
| of netizens think Microsoft is forcing them to use pirate Vista...
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http://ya.iyee.cn/2007/02/chinese-at...ing-vista.html


Why Piracy Hurts Open Source

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| "...John looks at this from a different direction. He shows you why
| software piracy hurts Open Source software--the free stuff you are using."
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http://www.tuxmagazine.com/node/1000266


Microsoft seals its Windows and opens the door to Linux

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| Now comes the really interesting question. With Vista's activation
| technology, Microsoft has the power to stamp out piracy everywhere. But
| will it choose to do so everywhere? After all, if folks in China or
| Thailand or Ethiopia have to pay for Vista, they won't be able to run
| it because they won't be able to afford the licence fee. In which case
| they may finally wake up to the attractions of free software such as
| Linux - and it's easy to imagine what that will do to Microsoft's
| plans for world domination.
|
| It's a delicious prospect: Microsoft impaling itself on the horns
| of a dilemma it has created for itself. Roll on Thursday.
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http://observer.guardian.co.uk/busin...956941,00.html