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Software piracy in Asia-Pacific worsens as China buys more PCs

Software piracy is worsening in the Asia-Pacific region, mainly due to rapid growth in computer purchases in economically booming China, with the trend showing no sign of abating, a global software piracy watchdog warned Wednesday. Despite a decline in piracy in most Asia-Pacific economies, including Japan, the software piracy rate in the region rose to 59% last year from 55% in 2006, meaning that more than half the packaged software products that run on personal computers are pirated, the Business Software Alliance said in its latest software piracy study.

Software piracy up

Software piracy runs at 57% in Bahrain, costing computer companies $27m last year, according to the annual Global Software Piracy Study. The losses hit both international companies and local distributors and retailers, the report said. Published by Business Software Alliance and Interactive Data Corporation, it said piracy in Bahrain was up from $23m in 2006. Other Gulf States were above the global average for piracy, it said. It reported piracy levels of 51% in Saudi Arabia, 54% in Qatar and 62% in Kuwait. Piracy levels in the UAE remained flat, at 35%.

eBay Seller Faces 20-Year Sentence For Software Piracy

Investigators believe he created more than 40 fake seller IDs and PayPal accounts after capturing people's bank account information through a keystroke logger.

Study Finds Canadian Software Piracy Rates Largely Unchanged in Five Years

TORONTO, May 14 /CNW/ - The Business Software Alliance (BSA) today announced that Canada's PC software piracy rate decreased one percentage point from 34 per cent to 33 per cent in 2007. While Canada remains among the top 20 countries with the lowest software piracy rates globally, the average piracy rate has remained above 33 per cent since 2003, and continues to lag behind the United States, where the rate decreased one percentage point to 20 per cent. Losses to the Canadian economy due to software piracy increased from $784 million to $1.07 billion.

Study Finds Canadian Software Piracy Rates Largely Unchanged in Five Years

TORONTO, May 14 /CNW/ - The Business Software Alliance (BSA) today announced that Canada's PC software piracy rate decreased one percentage point from 34 per cent to 33 per cent in 2007. While Canada remains among the top 20 countries with the lowest software piracy rates globally, the average piracy rate has remained above 33 per cent since 2003, and continues to lag behind the United States, where the rate decreased one percentage point to 20?per?cent. Losses to the Canadian economy due to software piracy increased from $784 million to $1.07 billion.

Study Finds Canadian Software Piracy Rates Largely Unchanged in Five Years

TORONTO, May 14 /CNW/ - The Business Software Alliance (BSA) today announced that Canada's PC software piracy rate decreased one percentage point from 34 per cent to 33 per cent in 2007. While Canada remains among the top 20 countries with the lowest software piracy rates globally, the average piracy rate has remained above 33 per cent since 2003, and continues to lag behind the United States, where the rate decreased one percentage point to 20 per cent. Losses to the Canadian economy due to software piracy increased from $784 million to $1.07 billion.

Anticipation Builds for Seventh Annual eBay Live! Conference

SAN JOSE, Calif.-- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- eBay Inc. (Nasdaq:EBAY) (www.ebay.com) today announced that as anticipation builds for the seventh eBay Live Community conference, the last such event until 2010, registration is rapidly filling up. Held this year in Chicago, June 19-21, at McCormick Place West convention center, eBay bills the event as an unrivaled opportunity for eBay sellers from around the world to network with fellow eBay Community members, meet tradeshow exhibitors, and attend educational sessions to learn about best practices for buying and selling on eBay. The event sold out last year, so interested parties are encouraged to sign up via: http://pages.ebay.com/ebaylive.

Anticipation Builds for Seventh Annual eBay Live! Conference

SAN JOSE, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- eBay Inc. (Nasdaq:EBAY) (www.ebay.com) today announced that as anticipation builds for the seventh eBay Live Community conference, the last such event until 2010, registration is rapidly filling up. Held this year in Chicago, June 19-21, at McCormick Place West convention center, eBay bills the event as an unrivaled opportunity for eBay sellers from around the world to network with fellow eBay Community members, meet tradeshow exhibitors, and attend educational sessions to learn about best practices for buying and selling on eBay. The event sold out last year, so interested parties are encouraged to sign up via: http://pages.ebay.com/ebaylive.

Open Source Software Shows Its Muscle (Law.com)

Open source software had its origins in the free software movement. By now, most open source users understand that free refers to freedom, not to price. The new lesson is that the freedom belongs to the software, not to users. You are not free to do whatever you want with the open source software and may find yourself in a legal fight if what you do restricts the freedom of the software. Many of the things that for-profit companies strive for end up limiting some software's freedom. Any activity that leverages software for business advantage is likely to restrict the software's freedom, and the growing use of open source software by for-profit companies has been a growing irritant for free software advocates.

UK cuts software piracy for first time in three years

The UK's software piracy rate has fallen for the first time in three years – but only by a single percentage point. Unlicensed or illegally-obtained programs accounted for 26 per cent of national market in 2007. Software piracy cost the UK £925m last year, according to the Business Software Alliance. “It’s encouraging that we’re making progress in the battle against software piracy. However, there’s a huge amount yet to be done,” said Julie Strawson, chairwoman of the BSA UK Member Committee.

Egypt Delivers a Blow to Software Piracy

CAIRO, Egypt, June 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Egypt has taken a step forward in combating software piracy according to the fifth annual BSA and IDC Global Software Piracy Study where its piracy rating dropped to 60% for 2007, an improvement of 3% year on year. Its rating is now 1% below the global median piracy rating (61%) for 2007.

Egypt Delivers a Blow to Software Piracy

CAIRO, Egypt, June 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Egypt has taken a step forward in combating software piracy according to the fifth annual BSA and IDC Global Software Piracy Study where its piracy rating dropped to 60% for 2007, an improvement of 3% year on year. Its rating is now 1% below the global median piracy rating (61%) for 2007.

Egypt Delivers a Blow to Software Piracy

CAIRO, Egypt, June 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Egypt has taken a step forward in combating software piracy according to the fifth annual BSA and IDC Global Software Piracy Study where its piracy rating dropped to 60% for 2007, an improvement of 3% year on year. Its rating is now 1% below the global median piracy rating (61%) for 2007.

Egypt Delivers a Blow to Software Piracy

CAIRO, Egypt, June 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Egypt has taken a step forward in combating software piracy according to the fifth annual BSA and IDC Global Software Piracy Study where its piracy rating dropped to 60% for 2007, an improvement of 3% year on year. Its rating is now 1% below the global median piracy rating (61%) for 2007.

Los Angeles, Orange County Among Top 10 eBay Markets

Online auction site eBay released their list of the most active markets for the site Thursday, reporting that both Los Angeles-Long Beach and Orange County were among the top 10 markets for the firm. According to eBay, the Los Angeles-Long Beach area ranked number one in the U.S. for eBay sales, selling $1.3 billion dollars in items on the site last year; Orange County ranked sixth in the nation for eBay sales, with over $636M in sales for last year. Other top markets for eBay sales were New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Dallas, Washington D.C., Houston, Nassau-Suffolk, New York, and Fort Lauderdale, Florida. eBay reported that Los Angeles residents sold 24,051,645 items worth $1,396,037,518 last year, and Orange County residents sold 6,945,490 items worth $636,654,084.

Software piracy costs India $2 bn

New Delhi: The Indian software industry lost about $2 billion of revenue in 2007 due to use of pirated software compared to $1.28 billion in 2006, said a study by Business Software Alliance (BSA), a global software industry body. The study, however, stated that piracy of software on personal computers in India has come down to 69 percentage points for 2007, toeing the global trend in which piracy rates dropped in most countries, the study added.

Illegal Ivory Trade Thrives on eBay Despite Year-Old "Ban"

June 5, 2008 — Despite eBay Inc.’s announcement exactly one year ago today of a global ban on all international trade in elephant ivory, investigators with IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare; www.ifaw.org) have found that auctions of illegal or potentially illegal ivory have skyrocketed on eBay in the U.S. Further, eBay Canada faces persistent challenges as U.S.-based sellers of ivory list their contraband on the Canadian site. This increase in North American eBay ivory auctions is in stark contrast to a large reduction of such activity in some foreign countries where eBay affiliates have severely restricted or banned the trade in ivory completely.

Software piracy much higher in Canada than U.S.

Software piracy much higher in Canada than U.S.One in three pieces of computer software in Canada is pirated according to the fifth annual Global Software Piracy Study released by the Business Software Alliance (BSA).

BSA and IDC Global Software Piracy Study reveals increase in global piracy

The Business Software Alliance (BSA), the international association established by the software industry to promote a safe and legal digital world, has announced that it has recently released the Fifth Annual BSA and IDC Global Software Piracy Study, which revealed the biggest increase in global piracy in four years, jumping by three percentage points to 38 per cent in 2007. BSA has emphasised that the rapid growth of the IT industry in countries with weak copyright enforcement and expanding internet access have largely contributed to the global trend.

BSA and IDC Global Software Piracy Study reveals increase in global piracy

BSAThe Business Software Alliance (BSA), the international association established by the software industry to promote a safe and legal digital world, has announced that it has recently released the Fifth Annual BSA and IDC Global Software Piracy Study, which revealed the biggest increase in global piracy in four years, jumping by three percentage points to 38 per cent in 2007. BSA has emphasised that the rapid growth of the IT industry in countries with weak copyright enforcement and expanding internet access have largely contributed to the global trend.

Craigslist's Response To eBay: We Had To Do It!

After eBay sued Craigslist, Craigslist's initial responses were rather weak. eBay made a pretty strong case arguing that Craigslist's board had unilaterally diluted eBay's shares -- which seems pretty questionable. Craigslist initially shot back by accusing eBay of doing the same things eBay was accusing Craigslist of doing -- but that was somewhat misleading. eBay wasn't complaining about the specific actions Craigslist was taking -- but the fact that they had done so unilaterally, despite eBay's ownership stake and board position. Then, Craigslist countersued eBay with a laundry list of charges that effectively amounted to "we don't like them being on our board." Both of these responses were a bit disappointing. While I like Craigslist, and respect Craig and Jim, they still hadn't explained why it was legal for them to unilaterally dilu

Stanford Super Stars to face England in the Stanford 20/20 for US$20 million

One of crickets’ greatest rivalries was rekindled on June 11 at the launch of the Stanford 20/20 for 20 where Sir Allen Stanford on behalf of the Stanford 20/20 Board, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) announced a new five match series for the richest team prize for a single sporting match of US$20million.

Software Piracy On The Rise, Study Finds

Techzonez Software piracy is more prevalent today than ever, according to a new IDC study sponsored by a software industry group. Worldwide, the study estimates, 38% of all commercial software is pirated, costing the software industry $47.8 billion last year alone.

Seller Circle Adds 'Social Commerce Search' for eBay Sellers

Seller Circle, a new site for eBay sellers that combines merchandising tools with social networking, has added a new "social commerce search" feature to its website. Buyers can search a seller's listings on their Seller Circle page. And, in an interesting twist, if the seller does not have any matching listings, their Seller Circle friends' listings are displayed.

EBay seller pleads guilty to software piracy charges

A 23-year-old Oregon man has pleaded guilty to charges that he used identity theft to set up bogus accounts on eBay, where he sold counterfeit software with a retail value of more than $1 million, the U.S. Department of Justice said.

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