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Google offers four step attack against pirates 
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Google offers four step attack against pirates
By Tom Brewster | Dec 5, 2010 | Comment Now 
Pledges to help rights holders through its search results.
 
Accidental Pirate tightens disclosure rule 
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Accidental Pirate tightens disclosure rule
By Ry Crozier | Sep 3, 2010 | 4 Comments 
New clause douses 'honeypot' suspicion.
 
Accidental Pirate site is no honeypot: IP group 
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Accidental Pirate site is no honeypot: IP group
By Ry Crozier | Sep 1, 2010 | 4 Comments 
"Nothing clandestine" despite information disclosure clause.
 
Proud pirates can expect education: IPAF  
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Proud pirates can expect education: IPAF
By Ry Crozier | Aug 30, 2010 | 13 Comments 
Two-year campaign kicks off.
 
Premier League chases football pirates 
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Premier League chases football pirates
By Andrew Charlesworth | Sep 23, 2009 | 1 Comment 
Legal action begins against file-sharing site.
 
Companies urged to embrace the piracy model 
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Companies urged to embrace the piracy model
By Phil Muncaster | May 16, 2009 | Comment Now 
Companies should try to copy pirates rather than wasting time trying to beat them, according to experts at a UK conference.
 
Pirates scoff at Microsoft's anti-piracy day 
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Pirates scoff at Microsoft's anti-piracy day
By Fernando Cassia | Oct 22, 2008 | Comment Now 
The same day that Microsoft launched its global "Anti Piracy Day" the crazy "pirates" from Sweden that run the Pirate Bay, self defined as the "World's largest BitTorrent ...
 
Microsoft launches aggressive pursuit of pirates 
Software
Microsoft launches aggressive pursuit of pirates
By Kathryn Small | Oct 22, 2008 | Comment Now 
Microsoft has launched a devastating attack against alleged counterfeiters and pirates, taking simultaneous legal action in Australia and 48 countries on six continents for ...
 
Microsoft goes after 'career pirates' 
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Microsoft goes after 'career pirates'
By Shaun Nichols | Jun 12, 2008 | Comment Now 
Microsoft has filed 21 lawsuits in US Federal courts as part of an effort to stop those who continually pirate its software.
 
Europe rules on pirates' privacy 
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Europe rules on pirates' privacy
By Iain Thomson | Jan 31, 2008 | Comment Now 
The European Court of Justice has ruled that ISPs cannot be forced to hand over the personal details of those under suspicion of digital piracy.
 
US firm gives finger to digital pirates 
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US firm gives finger to digital pirates
By Robert Jaques | Aug 10, 2007 | Comment Now 
New York-based media monitoring firm, Competitrack, has introduced the latest weapon against piracy in the form of its video fingerprinting technology for policing online video ...
 
Night vision goggles used to catch movie pirates 
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Night vision goggles used to catch movie pirates
By Iain Thomson | May 30, 2007 | Comment Now 
Night vision goggles to seek out movie tapers..
 
Pirates of the Caribbean spam spreading 
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Pirates of the Caribbean spam spreading
By Matt Chapman | May 28, 2007 | Comment Now 
Movie goers are being targeted by a spam email about the latest Pirates of the Caribbean movie which downloads a Trojan horse.
 
Hackers beat the pirates 
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Hackers beat the pirates
By Clement James | May 16, 2007 | Comment Now 
Swedish BitTorrent site The Pirate Bay has admitted that its website was hacked and a database containing 1.6 million user names and passwords stolen.
 
Microsoft cracks down on Vista pirates 
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Microsoft cracks down on Vista pirates
By Matt Chapman | Dec 18, 2006 | Comment Now 
'Frankenbuild' software walks the plank.
 
Symantec sues software pirates 
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Symantec sues software pirates
By Tom Sanders | Dec 15, 2006 | Comment Now 
Counterfeit operation netted over US$15m.
 
EBay software pirates fined US$100,000 
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EBay software pirates fined US$100,000
By Clement James | Nov 23, 2006 | Comment Now 
SIIA claims victory in two cases.
 
Games pirates walk the plank 
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Games pirates walk the plank
By Matt Chapman | Aug 25, 2006 | Comment Now 
Two men sent to the big house after ELSPA investigations.
 
Software pirates jailed in the US 
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Software pirates jailed in the US
By Robert Jaques | Jul 3, 2006 | Comment Now 
The US Department of Justice has announced that two US-based software pirates were successfully prosecuted and sentenced to a total of 21 months in prison.
 
Pirates, ISPs hamper local software industry: BSA 
Software
Pirates, ISPs hamper local software industry: BSA
By Fleur Doidge | Jul 8, 2004 | Comment Now 
A global anti-piracy lobby group has claimed that bringing down software piracy would boost local software development and that local ISPs should be roped into stopping online ...
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