Jolly Rogers draw fire in software piracy battle

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About one-third of all software on employees' computers at organizations that underwent year-2000 audits was stolen, according to the Business Software Association of Australia (BSAA). Companies using pirated software are liable for fines of as much as A$302,500. In the 1990s, BSAA has conducted an education campaign, backed by legal action, to reduce software piracy. One reason for the growing software piracy problem in Australia is the public's cavalier attitude toward it.

Copyright, Copyrights, Software piracy, Business Software Association of Australia

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Piracy is prospering in Asia's hard times

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The motion picture industry suffers greatly from illegal copies distributed in great numbers in such places as Hong Kong, where pirated video compact discs of Walt Disney's 'Mulan' arrived a week before the legitimate copies were released on July 9, 1998. Software and music manufacturers claim that organized crime sends agents to Silicon Valley and Hollywood. The ease of reproduction and the small size of the product facilitate smuggling.

MOTION PICTURES, Motion Picture and Video Industries, Integrated Record Production/Distribution, Prerecorded records and tapes, Records & Tapes, International aspects, Motion picture industry, Movie industry, Music industry, Crime, Sound recordings, Video recording industry, Videodisc industry, Product counterfeiting

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This domino theory is a network nightmare

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More than $50 billion in business-to-business electric commerce will take place in 1999, increasing to perhaps $800 billion within three years. Networks and servers require constant attention to prevent and manage connection lapses. Global One guarantees service from sender to receiver at 99.73% for availability of voice networks, 99.99% for Internet protocol networks, and 99.92% for data.

Telecommunications, Telephone Communication, Services, Telecommunications services industry, Telecommunications industry, Forecasts and trends, Global One, Business communication

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