At first glance the idea of converting software pirates into paying customers may seem an unlikely proposition, but this webinar explains how, for many big names in the software industry, this makes a significant contribution to the bottom line.…

Nintendo has recently reported that games sales in Europe have fallen by c50% due to increased use of so called “Magicom” devices.

These devices are typically around the same size as a traditional games cartridge with a separate memory…

In a new development in the story we reported earlier in the week on Microsoft’s record breaking software piracy compensation win it now appears that Dazhong Insurance may be putting in…

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A new counterfeiting exhibition at French Science and Industry Museum in Paris showcases Microsoft’s use of intelligence and crime forensics to help…

SL.tv is delighted to report on this ground-breaking verdict from a Chinese court.  Last Thursday a district court in China ruled that Dazhong Insurance must pay Microsoft $317,900 in compensation for use of pirated software.

This is the first…

In days gone by many software developers had little in the way of a software licensing policy.  Licensing agreements were drawn up on the fly by sales execs as a part of negotiating individual deals with potential customers.

This…

YouTube has always had a ready supply of pirated music and movies, but now Digital Inspiration reports that pirated software is also prominent on the content sharing site.

People are using the YouTube site to

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I am sure that by now you have all seen the many column inches which have been devoted to the revelation that the US’s much publicized intellectual property theft and software piracy statistics may not be entirely accurate.…

Just a very quick post to let you know that you can now catch up with all the latest Software Licensing, copy protection and software piracy news whist you are out and about as SoftwareLicensing.tv is now available on…

This is an interesting software licensing case study.

SoftCafe are a great example of how an ISV can succeed by really understanding a niche market. The company was founded in 1994 and…