Jury rejects Dish Network s 1B piracy claim: related news

Jury rejects Dish Network's $1B piracy claim

SANTA ANA, Calif. - A jury found Thursday that a company that makes encryption technology for DirecTV violated federal and state piracy provisions, but awarded rival Dish Network Corp. just $1,500 of the $1 billion it sought.

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%.

News Corp unit cleared of piracy in DISH suit

A federal court jury broadly cleared News Corp's NDSunit of satellite television piracy charges in a suit broughtby DISH Network Corp that could have been worth morethan $1 billion.

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.

Abraxis to Appeal Jury Ruling on Elan Patent Infringement Claim

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 13, 2008 - Abraxis BioScience, Inc. (NASDAQ:ABII), a fully integrated, global biotechnology company, today announced that it intends to appeal the jury ruling in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware that Abraxis has infringed upon a patent owned by Elan. In the suit, Elan claimed that Abraxis infringed upon two of Elan's patents, 5,834,025 and 5,399,363, asserting ABRAXANE(R) (paclitaxel protein-bound particles for injectable suspension) (albumin-bound) uses technology protected by Elan-owned patents. Elan withdrew its claim that Abraxis infringed on its 025 patent. The jury ruled that Abraxis has infringed upon Elan's 363 patent, which runs until 2011, and awarded Elan $55 million in damages for sales of Abraxane(R) to date.

Network Box Adds "Live Watch" Trace Functionality for Mail, Web Proxy, Firewall and IDP

Network Box USA, Inc. (www.networkboxusa.com), the American arm of managed security company Network Box Corp., announced today the release of "live watch" trace functionality for the Network Box line of award-winning unified threat management (UTM) products. The Network Box is a remotely-managed appliance that combines several applications into a single, cost-effective device that lets organizations easily combat hackers, worms, backdoors and other online menaces.

Net Neutrality Bill Introduced In Canadian Parliament

FeatherBoa points out that the New Democratic Party in Canada has introduced legislation to limit the amount of control Canadian ISPs can exert over their subscribers. The bill would amend the Telecommunications Act to "prohibit network operators from engaging in network management practices that favour, degrade or prioritize any content, application or service transmitted over a broadband network based on its source, ownership or destination, subject to certain exceptions." Support for net neutrality in Canada has been building for quite a while now. Quoting CBC News: "'This bill is about fairness to consumers,' said Charlie Angus, the NDP's digital spokesman. It also looks to prohibit 'network operators from preventing a user from attaching any device to their network and requires network operators to make information about the user's a

Dish Networks Seeks TiVo Patent Ruling from Court

A month after an appeals court confirmed that Dish Network's DVR software had indeed violated a TiVo patent, Dish is retaliating with a lawsuit of its own. The Colorado-based satellite TV provider filed suit in Delaware, asking the court to declare that Dish's current DVR software does not violate TiVo's '389 patent.

BSA says piracy down, but questions remain about its data

It's May, that glorious time of year when spring bursts into full flower, the scents and sounds of summer are just around the corner, and when the Business Software Alliance (BSA) shovels (PDF) out its annual global software piracy results. Piracy rates fell slightly in a number of countries, including virtually all of the ones displayed below. This change is mirrored across the BSA's list, as only a bare handful of countries report even a tiny gain in piracy rate, but this doesn't stop the BSA from claiming worldwide piracy rose by four percent. If the BSA's math seems off to you, read on.

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.

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.

Flaws In a BSA Software Piracy Report?

Ian Lamont writes "The Business Software Alliance has just released its state piracy study (full PDF also available). The BSA says that one in five pieces of software in use in the United States is unlicensed, and notes that piracy rates are highest in Ohio (27%). However, as noted by the Industry Standard, there are problems with the state study, and the way the BSA is presenting the data: the study only includes eight states, and it is making some questionable connections, including the claim that lost state and local tax revenue from piracy would have been enough to 'hire nearly 25,000 experienced police officers.'"

Buzz Corps Announces Formation Of In Network: Consortium to Offer Free, Rare Opportunities for Influ

Austin, TX (PRWEB) June 6, 2008 -- Buzz Corps, Inc. announced today the formation of the Influencers Network (In Network), a free resource designed to bring together community influencers of every stripe. Aside from giving community leaders a place to share their expertise and learn from one another, the IN Network provides tried-and-tested marketing, sales and business expertise from the principals at Buzz Corps. In Network members enjoy access to best practices in search engine optimization, sales and marketing best practices, building and expanding an audience and effectively contributing to and drawing on efforts of their peers.

Mu Helps Eliminate Service, Application and Network Downtime with Addition of Denial of Service Capability

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 19, 2008--Mu Dynamics, a pioneer in helping network operators and their vendors eliminate downtime through proactive service assurance, today announced a breakthrough Denial of Service (DoS) Module for the Mu-4000 appliance. This new Mu solution ensures service providers can proactively identify and eliminate service, application and network downtime caused by DoS and Distributed DoS attacks. Studies from Network Strategy Partners (NSP) and others put the cost of downtime for a large service provider network in excess of $100,000 per hour. (See

The Inside Story On the San Francisco Network Hijacking

snydeq writes "A source with direct knowledge of San Francisco's IT infrastructure has tipped off Paul Venezia to the real story behind Terry Childs' lockout of San Francisco's network, providing a detailed account of the city's FiberWAN, interdepartmental politics, and Terry Childs himself. Childs pleaded not guilty to charges of tampering yesterday and is being held on $5 million bail. According to the source, Childs' purview was limited to the city's FiberWAN — a network he himself built and, believing no one competent enough to touch the network but himself, guarded religiously, sharing details with no one, including routing configuration and log-in information. Childs was so concerned about the network's security that he refused even to write router and switch configurations to flash.

DISH Network, EchoStar sue TiVo; deny new DVR software infringes Tivo's patent

NEW YORK (Thomson Financial) - DISH Network Corp. Friday said it filed a lawsuit with EchoStar Corp. against TiVo, arguing that their new digital video recording software does not infringe a TiVo patent.

DISH Network, EchoStar sue TiVo; deny new DVR software infringes Tivo's patent

NEW YORK (Thomson Financial) - DISH Network Corp. Friday said it filed a lawsuit with EchoStar Corp. against TiVo, arguing that their new digital video recording software does not infringe a TiVo patent.

Pro Travel Network Retains AGORACOM to Provide Google Search Engine IR Program and Social Network for Shareholders

Pro Travel Network Retains AGORACOM to Provide Google Search Engine IR Program and Social Network for Shareholders

FarStone's VirtualDrive Network 11.6, a CD/DVD Emulation Tower, Shares CD/DVDs and Archives Data over a Network

FarStone's VirtualDrive Network 11.6, a CD/DVD Emulation Tower, Shares CD/DVDs and Archives Data over a Network

FarStone's VirtualDrive Network 11.6, a CD/DVD Emulation Tower, Shares CD/DVDs and Archives Data over a Network

TMCNet: FarStone's VirtualDrive Network 11.6, a CD/DVD Emulation Tower, Shares CD/DVDs and Archives Data over a Network

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