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BSA offers piracy lesson after collaring colleges

Software body reminds education establishments to sort out their software after combined £40,000-plus settlement 02 Mar 2010

Software pirate jailed for reseller burglary

Burglar was one of four men jailed following the discovery of £190,000 software haul by police 22 Feb 2010

FujiFilm takes action on counterfeit traders

Vendor has seized "large quantities" of fake goods on way to UK 13 Jan 2010

Microsoft declares war on software pirates

Vendor predicts detection of illegal software dealers will rocket as new anti-piracy technology launched 14 Dec 2009

Ingram Micro steps up piracy fight

Distribution giant launches SAM Excellence scheme to ensure its partners and their customers are fully licensed 19 Nov 2009

Trading Standards funding fiasco

Funding meant for piracy crackdown is being directed elsewhere, claims FAST 13 Nov 2009

Fines for three London firms in BSA clampdown

The BSA settles with three firms in its latest clampdown on illegal software use in the capital 12 Nov 2009

FSH builds bridges with BSA after licensing lapse

BSA settles with building services firm after it was caught using unlicensed copies of Microsoft software 05 Oct 2009

Services opportunity for channel as survey reveals SAM confusion

Research finds that nearly 40 per cent of managers only have a basic understanding of licensing issues 02 Oct 2009

BSA catches unlicensed quartet

Industry software body takes legal action against four manufacturing companies 17 Aug 2009

Microsoft banks more illegal software settlements

Software giant catches 11 resellers, which have held their hands up to hard disk loading and illegal software sales 12 Aug 2009

In The Studio with CRN: Piracy and the Channel

CRN's Kayleigh Bateman discusses the perils of piracy with John Lovelock and Chris Hibbert 03 Aug 2009

SIRB prepares unlicensed firms for BSA crackdown

With software audits on the rise, industry body offers to help firms get their houses in order 22 Jul 2009

BSA fines London firms for illegal software use

Design agency, property advisors and asset management firms found to be under-licensed 20 Jul 2009

Foreseeing an end to digital piracy or copyright abuse

No matter what you call it, businesses are taking risks with their software assets, notes Matt Fisher 13 Jul 2009

Soho House agrees BSA settlement

Members' club coughs up for alleged under-licensing as industry body ramps up London piracy fight 22 Jun 2009

Channel blasts Digital Britain

Industry figures slam universal 2MB broadband plans as unambitious as landline tax faces criticism 17 Jun 2009

BSA confronts London piracy with VAR assistance

Business Software Alliance teams up with resellers to crack down on wave of illegal software use in the capital 08 Jun 2009

BSA launches London crackdown

Anti-piracy body to contact more than 1,000 businesses in the capital following similar campaigns in Glasgow and Manchester 01 Jun 2009

Recession compromises SAM abilities of firms

Organisations are in need of help from channel to deal with licensing worries 26 May 2009

The real pain of piracy

I find it amazing that the piracy rate in the UK stays at about the same level year after year. 15 May 2009

BSA urges channel to join the war on piracy

Resellers are central to helping combat high levels of software piracy in UK 15 May 2009

UK piracy rate on upward spiral

Joint IDC and Business Software Alliance study reveals one in four software installations are still illegal 12 May 2009

BSA strings up Belfast pirates

Anti-piracy body agrees settlements with two Northern Irish firms 28 Apr 2009

Anti-piracy bodies applaud Stockholm's hard stance

FAST and the BSA back Stockholm District Court’s decision to imprison four men convicted of digital theft 17 Apr 2009

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