The controversial "kill switch" function of Windows Vista will be disabled by Microsoft after customer complaints that legitimate copies of the OS were recognised as pirate copies.
Chinese authorities, with the assistance of the FBI, have cracked a piracy ring allegedly responsible for manufacturing and distributing more than US$2 billion-worth of counterfeit Microsoft software.
Microsoft was awarded AU$1.86 million worth of damages and injunctions last week, concluding a long-going software piracy court battle with Sydney electronics wholesaler TYN Electronics.
Sony Computer Entertainment Australia is facing a legal battle in its attempt to implicate Victoria-based MJM 2000 Plus Holdings in a counterfeit game operation its investigators uncovered late last year.
Cisco is not taking enough action to stamp out the sale of counterfeit products on internet auction sites, according to networking-product resellers in the UK.
Business Software Alliance's Bob Kruger defends new piracy stats which reflect a growing threat to digital copyrights.
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