Piracy is an illegally copying of protected content that infringes on the owner's copyright, costing them a potential sale.

In the 2020s we’re used to software being readily accessible, and often free, whether as-in-beer or as-in-speech. This situation is a surprisingly new one, and in an earlier era of consumer software ...

The rate of global software piracy declined 10 percent in the past eight years, but there was only a modest 1 percent reduction from 2001 until now with a sharp increase in what piracy costs companies ...

The Business Software Alliance (BSA) has temporarily raised the reward, from US$200,000 to $1 million, that’s part of a controversial program encouraging people to report software piracy, the trade ...

One of the oldest methods used to protect software from illegal copying is being dropped by Apple Inc. One of the oldest methods used to protect software from illegal copying is being dropped by Apple ...

Above all else, Microsoft is launching the update in an effort to discern whether Windows 7 installed on a PC is authentic or pirated. The antipiracy upgrade, known as Windows Activation Technologies ...

Nintendo has decided to bring Denuvo, a controversial software for anti-piracy. With Irdeto finally entering the Switch platform, the gaming community has mixed reactions about the tool. With Denuvo's ...

Microsoft has filed lawsuits against two Chinese electronics retail chains for allegedly allowing computers installed with pirated Windows and Office products to be sold at their stores. The software ...

The co-leader of one of the oldest piracy groups on the Internet, arrested in December in a federal software piracy probe (see story), pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiracy charges in federal court.

Dr Mohammed Mahmoud Al Kamali, Director-General of the Judicial Institute, told Khaleej Times that this percentage was the lowest as per international levels. The countries with the highest piracy ...