Man Sued for Linking to Freeware
A man from the Netherlands is being sued by RealNetworks for linking to a freeware application. The application, RealAlternative, is considered by some to be a competitive product to ...
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ZeroPaid Interviews Russell McOrmond 2 – Canadian Bill C-32 (Part 3 of 3)
We have been interviewing Russell McOrmond. The interview is in three parts. Parts 1 and 2 are already available. We now conclude our ...
ZeroPaid Interviews Russell McOrmond 2 – Canadian Bill C-32 (Part 2 of 3)
We are currently in the process of interviewing Russell McOrmond, a well known observer of Canadian copyright and policy consultant. You can read part 1 here.
In the ...
ZeroPaid Interviews Russell McOrmond 2 – Canadian Bill C-32 (Part 1 of 3)
About two years ago, we interviewed a Canadian consultant to discuss various issues surrounding copyright. It was a fascinating interview and here making his return is Russell ...
Will Prior Art Doom Apple’s Anti-Theft iPhone Patent?
There's a bit of commotion with a new patent request by Apple over on Slashdot today. The claim is that Apple is creating a new patent to ...
ZeroPaid Interviews the Free Software Foundation
Open source has been in the media for quite some time whether directly or indirectly. With ACTA leak and the ASCAP letter two big news items that affects open ...
Humble Indie Bundle Closes on a High Note
It was a deal that had plenty of people talking. A "Pay What You Want" deal was launched a while ago now and the sale is now over. ...
Open Source Alternatives for X Professional Software
The Open Source movement has always been present. Whether proprietary software seems to be gaining ground or not, open source has always been a very enticing alternative. The ...
The Latest Frontier in Audio Engineering… Photoshop?
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but can that picture sing to you? Someone appears to be releasing software that could also put a whole new ...
BSA Admits Calculated Losses Due to Swedish Software Piracy Entirely Hypothetical
It's another blow to the studies that are put out by the industry to highlight the problems of piracy - one of the studies published by the Business Software Alliance ...
Microsoft – We Don’t Have a Monopoly in China Because of Piracy
Here's a relatively unique way to blame piracy - say that it's the reason you don't have a monopoly to avoid anti-trust fines.
There are those that hear the same old ...
Piracy – The Secret Money-Maker for the Hardware Industry – ID Software CEO
The computer industry has, no doubt, been a huge success in the last 50 or so years - including the hardware side of things. Has all that success been ...
Sony BMG Sued for Software Piracy – Assets Seized
Sony BMG, a company known for enforcing its intellectual property rights, is now facing the other end of an Intellectual Property related lawsuit. A report (French) says ...
YouTube adds video recording feature
Video-sharing website YouTube quietly launched a new service Friday that allows members to instantly record a video to the site rather than having to pre-record a clip and upload it.
The ...
Microsoft Jumps On BitTorrent Bandwagon
Cachelogic, a network monitoring firm that conducted a worldwide survey of network activity during June 2004, found that BitTorrent accounted for 53 percent of P2P traffic and 35 percent of ...
FSF still waiting on Bono
THE FREE Software Foundation’s (FSF) bold attempt to recruit Bono in its fight against digital rights management seems to be falling on stony ground, deaf ears and other matters hard ...
Schools targeted with anti-piracy message
The Federation Against Software Theft (Fast) is targeting primary and secondary schools for the first time with a campaign to promote the legal use of software.
The initiative aims to promote ...
ZeroPaid: Explore the improved software section
As many of you may well know, I was recently appointed as the Program Administrator for Zeropaid and I've been working nearly non-stop over the past few weeks giving the ...
Microsoft Building New Free Mail Client
Internet Explorer isn’t the only application to enjoy a resurgence in Windows Vista — Microsoft is readying a new desktop e-mail client that will be integrated into Windows Live and ...
Google preps online word processor
Google has agreed to acquire Upstartle, an early stage start-up which has developed a word processor accessible through a web browser. Upstartle’s Writely application is currently in beta and does ...
