newsletterlibrary.com

Top : Society : Issues : Intellectual Property :
Piracy

Websites
Among information, news, issues on copyright, policies and initiatives, this side also provides the possibility to report piracy.
http://www.siia.net/piracy/default.asp

Nopiracy.com is a site by the BSA (an alliance between many software megacorps to attack people who copy software) that argues against "piracy" and encourages turning people in.
http://www.bsa.org/usa/antipiracy/

cross-industry alliance campaigning to strengthen UK laws on counterfeiting, piracy, and intellectual property theft
http://www.aacp.org.uk/

The European Association for the Protection of Encrypted Works and Services, an organization of corporations in the digital television and telecommunications sector. The mission is studying the phenomenon of piracy in relation to encrypted works and services and research into all the legal, operational and technological methods for increasing the security and protection of conditional access systems.
http://www.aepoc.org/

Bentley Systems attacks software "piracy".
http://www.bentley.com/help/anti.piracy.html

The Mac Curmudgeon argues in favor of certain kinds of computer / music copying.
http://macopinion.com/columns/curmudgeon/99/01/28.html

Information on piracy as well as tips on how to protect yourself against it. A good site for piracy beginners.
http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/

An article that discusses the costs of software piracy, especially in the animation industry.
http://mag.awn.com/index.php3?lt...e=pageone&article_no=1520&page=1

Hastening a rapid demise for the free copying of digital media, the next generation of hard disks is likely to come with copyright protection countermeasures built in.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/2/15620.html

Article by Katie Dean discussing the implications and myths of software piracy.
http://www.wired.com/news/infostructure/0,1377,58306,00.html

Article by Kim Zetter documenting Microsoft's conviction of piracy charges in France for illegal use of another company's source code.
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,99104,00.asp

Website documenting the corporate understanding of software piracy, featuring penalties, implications, and practices.
http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/antipiracy/piracy.html

Industry lobby promoting intellectual property rights in China.
http://www.qbpc.org.cn/

The latest issues and news on anti-piracy efforts, current events and legal implications.
http://www.riaa.com/issues/piracy/default.asp

Argues that piracy is wrong, claims it costs consumers money.
http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/how.mspx