Neowin News Feed for: Antipiracy

Microsoft to use comics in antipiracy campaign

Tue, 23 Jan 2007 12:20:49 +0000

Microsoft is expanding its fight against software piracy with a new educational effort that includes comics. The online campaign, set to start on Monday, is meant to tell people the benefits of using properly licensed... Read more...

Worm appears as Microsoft antipiracy program

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 18:45:04 +0000

Security analysts have detected a new piece of malware that appears to run as a Microsoft program used to detect unlicensed versions of its operating system. The malware has been classified as a worm and... Read more...

File swappers face new antipiracy push

Thu, 07 Oct 2004 14:11:56 +0000

A new round of lawsuits aimed at prolific Internet song-swappers could be announced as early as Thursday as music executives meet in London to discuss the next step in their global war on Internet piracy.... Read more...

Antipiracy bill gains new ally

Thu, 22 Jul 2004 14:35:10 +0000

For those of you not familiar the Induce Act is a new law that's being proposed on capital hill. This law would make consumer electronic manufactures responsible for copyright piracy. Such devices as... Read more...

Antipiracy bill targets filesharing

Michael Stanclift — Fri, 18 Jun 2004 05:55:14 +0000

A forthcoming bill in the U.S. Senate would, if passed, dramatically reshape copyright law by prohibiting file-trading networks and some consumer electronics devices on the grounds that they could be used for unlawful purposes. This... Read more...

MP3 getting antipiracy makeover

Tue, 02 Mar 2004 08:07:19 +0000

The venerable MP3 music format, the technology most widely associated with unrestricted file swapping, is getting a makeover aimed at blocking unauthorized copying. Thomson and Fraunhofer, the companies that license and own... Read more...

Labels reportedly back antipiracy software

Daniel Fleshbourne — Sun, 04 May 2003 16:07:31 +0000

Some of the world's largest record labels are quietly financing the creation of programs by small software firms that, if deployed, would sabotage the computers and Internet connections of people who download pirated music, according... Read more...

Support wanes for antipiracy chips

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 11 Mar 2003 14:37:39 +0000

Until recently, many makers of chips for consumer-electronics devices hoped to build anticopying technology into the chips themselves, a process known as "hard coding." That technique speeds up a device, saves on battery power, and... Read more...

Software, music reach antipiracy pact

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 14 Jan 2003 17:16:52 +0000

The music and software industries have reached a "landmark consensus" in a divisive debate over copy protection, trade groups representing both sides said in a statement. Details of a policy road map, endorsed by the... Read more...

Microsoft counts on antipiracy technique

Thu, 02 Jan 2003 15:17:11 +0000

Microsoft is set to release its first mainstream consumer software application protected by product activation, in what could be a first step toward expanding use of the antipiracy technology. On Tuesday, Microsoft plans... Read more...

US nabs 30 suspects in antipiracy 'DrinkorDie' raids

Tue, 15 Jan 2002 16:12:44 +0000

Federal investigators have turned up roughly 30 suspects and continue to raid college campuses a month after moving to shut down a massive software piracy ring, a Customs Service official said Monday. ... Read more...