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Apart from being illegal and an infringement of software copyright laws, purchasing a computer that comes complete with unlicensed Microsoft software might save money in the short run, but not the long run. The lack of access to the latest software updates and new features means that computer performance deteriorates over time, and with it, the user experience.
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Companies should take action to ensure that their employees are aware of software piracy issues, and are not breaking the law. Measures should include making sure that employees are aware of the company?¢?‚¬?„¢s software acquisition policies, educating them on the definition of software piracy, and appointing a point of contact in the company, who will be responsible for purchasing software licenses.
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Monte Enbysk, a lead editor for Microsoft.com,?‚? provides seven tips along with a logical explanation of why it is important to refrain from using pirated software. Read his tips and you?¢?‚¬?„¢ll realize the added value that licensed software provides you.
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Zero Day attacks are costing software vendors before they even get a chance to publish their software. Zero Day attacks not only hurt consumers who buy their product but also allow pirates to distribute the software before it even comes out.Full story at http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/06/03/market_value_of_software_security_vulnerabilites/
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New company offers pirate proof software.?‚? The company is called Secured Dimensions and their product is called SecureLM.?‚? In less than a year companies started to take notice and they were bought out by Microsoft.
In January, 2007 it was reported by Red Herring that the Microsoft Corporation had purched Secured Dimensions for several million dollars. The sale was completed soon after the initial report and by the end of the month Secured Dimensions was displaying a Microsoft Subsidiary Logo on their website.
Check out their website here http://www.securelm.net/
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A new study has revealed interesting social information about software and movie piracy.?‚? New academic research suggests that neither social norms nor the threat of lawsuits are enough to keep college students from illegally downloading music.
The study, which appeared in the most recent issue of Cyberpsychology & Behavior, provides no answers to a music industry that is desperately seeking ways to put the brakes on file-sharing. It does suggest that such sharing doesn’t hurt the music business, though; according to the authors, “downloading intentions also had no direct relationship to either compact disc purchases or to subscriptions to online paid music services.”
Full Article:?‚? http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070511-file-swapping-as-the-man-says-no-students-say-yes.html
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Here is a graphical representation of piracy rates from around the world.
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Widening its war on copyright pirates, the Bush administration asked Congress on Thursday to enact new laws for protecting intellectual property and make it easier for authorities to put violators behind bars.
– A change in the law that would recognize a copyright in a criminal case before it is filed with the Register of Copyrights so authorities don’t have to prove that thousands of works pirated over the Internet are all copyrighted;
– Expand the forfeiture and restitution requirements so that equipment, goods, records and other items used or intended for use in piracy are forfeited to the government and to hold pirates criminally libel for restitution for damages to the rights-holder;
– Make it a crime to attempt to infringe a copyright;
– Increase the amount of jail time for repeat offenders;
– Clarify that importing and exporting infringed goods is illegal;
– Allow authorities to obtain a wiretap for suspects in intellectual property crimes.
Full article: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001477589
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With today’s progressive encryption and obfuscation codes, software licenses can be set for trial versions, enabling software to be immediately placed in the hands of potential customers.
With full license control over trial versions, salespeople can manage their own trial version activation, leaving presales and support out of the marketing process.?‚? Monitoring the license life span can be easily tracked, ensuring no lead is lost.
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Question: Why is SecureLM different from all other Software Protection and Provisioning Tools?
Answer: Our Code Partitioning technology is the core, patent-pending technology that transforms compiled .NET code (MSIL) into secure, vendor specific code, while maintaining all DLL and function interfaces for full backward compatibility. Once transformed, code elements are more protected against hacking, and the publisher can price and confidently control selected code to enable sophisticated pay per-use and pay-per time modules.
Once code is marked and protected, it runs on the end-user machine exactly like any other function ?¢?‚¬?€? with the key exception with zero visibility to hackers. SecureLM achieves a limited impact on performance by only selectively transforming key vendor-chosen functions that require the highest level of protection.
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