FAST takes piracy fight to US

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Organisation partners with US-based body to deal double blow to pirates

The Federation Against Software Theft (FAST) has joined forces with a similar body in the US, to hit pirates hard. The US-based Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) will work with ...

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