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News Archive
Aug. 25, 2006, Owner of software piracy site
sentenced
- A U.S. judge has
sentenced the owner of a Web site selling pirated
software to six years in prison and ordered him to pay
more than $4.1 million in restitution.
read more
at MacWorld...
July 25, 2006: BSA
collects over $2M in settlements from U.S.
companies. ..... In addition to making the
payments, each company agreed to delete any
unlicensed copies of programs it was using,
purchase any needed replacements and strengthen
software management practices, the BSA said.
read more...
July 4, 2006: The world's biggest
music companies are preparing a lawsuit
against Yahoo China for copyright
infringement as part of the
industry's efforts to crack down on
piracy.
read more ...
July 13, 2006: Trial date
Set for Image Recovery
Software Dispute; LC Technology Faces Potential
Damages in Excess of $6 Million
After nearly three years, a dispute
over charges of copyright infringement and
counterclaims for defamation,
read more...
July 13, 2006: EU hits Microsoft with fine of
$357 million, more possible
LONDON — The
European Union imposed another
massive fine against Microsoft
Corp. — this one $357 million —
Wednesday and threatened more
penalties if the software giant
continues to defy a 2004
antitrust ruling ordering it to
share programming details with
rivals.
read more...
July 13, 2006:
SCO will
appeal the gutting of its lawsuit against IBM
Utah's SCO Group is appealing a
federal magistrate's gutting of its $5 billion lawsuit against IBM, hoping
to salvage the tens of millions of dollars it has spent litigating the case
over the past three years.
read more...
VCAT Settles Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Related to Its Mariposa
Software System; VCAT Obtains Injunction as Part of the Settlement
Jan. 5, 2006--Venture Catalyst Incorporated ("VCAT"),
reached a comprehensive settlement of its suit against TRMP,
LLC, Cohn Technologies, Inc., Mindset LLC and related third
parties. VCAT's claims in the lawsuit include breach
of contract, trade secret misappropriation, copyright
infringement and other related claims.
Pursuant to the settlement, the defendants and related
third parties agreed
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to pay money damages to VCAT;
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consented to a stipulated injunction and dismissal
with prejudice under which they are enjoined from
participating in certain prohibited activities related
to VCAT's business and products until September 1, 2007;
and
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stipulated to the dismissal of all of their claims,
counterclaims and cross claims in the action that they
had against VCAT and its officers.
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September 19, 2005, Microsoft files 8 anti-piracy lawsuits
Microsoft filed eight anti-piracy
lawsuits in five US States against companies that allegedly distribute
counterfeit versions of its software or copies that infringe on copyrights.
These companies are: BWT Industry Technology Service,
dba Computer Max in Arizona; Data Day USA, MicroCity4Less.com and Winvtech
Solutions Inc. in California; Global Computing Inc. in Illinois; Ion
Technologies in Minnesota; and Compustar and Chips & Techs in New York.
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Justice Dept. wants new anti-piracy powers
Read more at CNET News.com
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