Piracy

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As many as 300 systems at the firm named Chetu were found to be using unlicensed Microsoft Office and 40-50 of its employees were using pirated versions of Adobe's products.

Risking using pirated software? Delhi firm asked to pay Microsoft, Adobe Rs 30 lakh damages

Delhi High Court has ordered a local IT firm to pay the software giants for using their unlicensed software.

27 May 2020 8:30 PM

According to Digital Citizens investigation, piracy apps on jailbroken devices, which resemble legit Fire TV Sticks or Apple TV, are in fact, laden with malware that steals usernames and passwords on the pretext of offering pirated movies and live programmes.

Pirated streaming apps, devices steal user data, study reveals

These rogue devices link to pirated apps instead of linking to legitimate services such as Netflix or Hulu.

27 Apr 2019 10:12 AM

Manan Shah, CEO and founder of Avalance, a security solutions firm, has helped movies like Aiyaary and Namastey London, and now has been assigned the task to look over the upcoming sensational film “The Accidental Prime Minister.”

The Accidental Prime Minister: B-Town employs ethical hacker to prevent movie piracy

A lot of movies have already taken countermeasures to tame the issue but piracy is far from long gone.

02 Mar 2019 12:18 PM

When we download copyrighted files from platforms such as BitTorrent, we unknowingly violate the warning which is set by our ISP.

Refrain from piracy or lose your internet for life

The entertainment industry is working on a legal campaign seeking throwing broadcast users offline if caught accessing copyrighted content.

25 Aug 2018 4:19 PM

The Stockholm court also sentenced ATN owner Hamid al-Hamid, 58, to two and a half years in prison. (Source: Pixabay)

Arabic internet TV firm fined $24 million for sports rights piracy

The Stockholm district court ordered the Sweden-based Advanced TV Network (ATN) to pay 194.8 million crowns.

05 Jul 2018 5:30 PM

The USB-tokens in question is being widely used in different organisations to serve the purpose of convenient software license activation.

Multiple vulnerabilities dicovered in corporate license management software

A number of systems affected by the vulnerable technology may amount to hundreds of thousands and even more worldwide.

29 Jan 2018 4:28 PM

Former CEO of Microsoft stated that almost 9 out of 10 versions of Windows running in China are pirated.

Microsoft files lawsuit against IP address that activated pirated Windows, Office

In this particular case, it was very likely that it was a store that installed unlicensed copies on the devices it sold.

28 Dec 2017 1:59 PM

Varun Dhawan's near-perfect run at the box office over the years has continued with 'Judwaa 2'.

Despite Judwaa 2 success, Varun Dhawan urges fans to say 'no to piracy'

The actor took to Twitter to urge his fans that if they love films they should watch it through legal mediums.

03 Oct 2017 12:01 PM

On online forums where criminals "advertise their ill-gotten gains," there is now entertainment content "popping up as basically sections of these websites," Rasmussen said.

Hollywood's hacking pains are bigger than movie leaks

While the attention is on leaked emails, that's not to say Hollywood isn't worried about piracy.

20 Aug 2017 8:54 AM

Some of them were ordered to halt new user registrations, suspend services and punish accountable staff.

China targets Alibaba's Taobao, other e-commerce sites, in VPN crackdown

Five websites have been asked to carry out immediate "self-examination and correction."

18 Aug 2017 9:49 AM

Leonid Levin, the head of Duma's information policy committee, has said the law is not intended to impose restrictions on law-abiding citizens but is meant only to block access to "unlawful content," RIA news agency said.

VPN baned in Russia; are we next?

The law is already approved by the Duma, the lower house of parliament.

31 Jul 2017 9:48 AM

Video: Indian navy foils piracy attempt on Liberian vessel in Gulf of Aden

Three skiffs fled the area at high speeds on sighting the Indian warship.

17 May 2017 6:59 PM

Copyrighted material such as music, videos and software are largely available on P2P websites, which are illegal.

Search engines to 'help tackle' copyright infringing

Search engines will be up in arms to help curb online piracy from torrents.

14 Feb 2017 1:49 PM

The participants expressed their views on various provisions of the Copyright Law and their effective implementation to counter piracy.

DIPP asks film industry to create awareness on piracy

The issue was discussed during a meeting convened by the DIPP on here on Wednesday.

30 Dec 2016 3:37 PM

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