Microsoft CEO Steve Balmer said this week that though around 20% of the world’s computers will be bought in China this year, China will probably account for only 1% of Microsoft revenue.

This, Balmer says, is due to the…

This case study shows how NIK Software dealt with 3 key software licensing challenges, which many ISV’s will recognise.

NIK Software Inc is a privately held US company that…

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…

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.…

Last week Microsoft issued an interesting release on the 5 Myths of software piracy.  The article challenges some commonly held preconceptions about the “harmless” nature of software piracy and should give food for thought to anyone who is less…