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China Signs Anti-Piracy Accord With MPAA, Other IP Owners

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on December 15, 2006 - 8:16am.

Beijing - China has signed an agreement with the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), Business Software Alliance, Association of American Publishers and Britain's Publishers Association that states that the country will do more to address online piracy of intellectual property, Reuters reported, citing the official Xihnua news agency.

tags: Piracy | China | MPAA | BSA | Xinhua |

MPAA, Boy Scouts Team on Curriculum, "Respect Copyrights" Patch

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 23, 2006 - 1:34pm.
Los Angeles - In an effort to discourage file-sharing and promote respect for intellectual property at an early age, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) announced that it has partnered with the Boy Scouts in Los Angeles to create an anti-piracy curriculum and "Respect Copyrights" patch.
tags: Internet | Video | Law | TV | Music | Movies | MPAA | Copyright | Education | BSA |

BSA Encouraged by Drop in Software Piracy Rate in Emerging Economies

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 23, 2006 - 7:30pm.
Washington - Though the worldwide rate of software piracy remained unchanged in 2005, the rates in emerging economies such as China, Russia and India improved, according to a new report from the Business Software Alliance (BSA), an association of some of the world's largest software developers.
tags: Law | Tech | Piracy | Reports | Metrics | Software | BSA | Emerging Markets |

BSA Launches Anti-Piracy Campaign Targeting College Students

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 28, 2004 - 4:32am.
Washington -- Attempting to spread its message to those who haven't yet entered the corporate arena, the D.C.-based Business Software Alliance, an anti-piracy group whose members include Apple, Adobe, Macromedia, McAfee, Microsoft and Symantec, on Thursday launched a new awareness program targeting college students. The program, called "Define the Line," is designed to educate students about the importance of being "good cyber citizens and respecting the intellectual property of copyrighted works online." It also encourages students to use only legal software and to understand the impact of software theft. The BSA said that software piracy is becoming a growing problem at higher education institutions. According to a BSA-Ipsos study, only 32% of students are regularly paying for software.
tags: Launches | BSA | College Students | Anti-Piracy Campaign |

BSA Warns of Generation of Unabashed Pirates in the U.K.

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 9, 2004 - 3:18am.
London -- A new survey conducted on behalf of the Business Software Alliance (BSA) finds that about 44% of 18- to 29-year-olds in the U.K. admits to owning pirated intellectual property. Nearly a third of all the 30- to 50-year-olds surveyed also admitted to owning pirated material. The BSA said the survey indicated the emergence of a new "pirate generation" in the U.K. that had few ethical qualms about buying pirate software, CDs and DVDs. Most of the 2,000 people surveyed by pollsters YouGov did say that they felt there was little or no stigma attached to pirated goods. BSA spokesman Mike Newton described the survey as "grim reading" and singled out the role of the Internet. "There is a growing generation that lacks the respect for intellectual property on which manufacturers of things like music rely," he said. "The Internet is clearly a major route for pirate traffic."
tags: BSA | U.K. | Generation | Unabashed Pirates |

BSA: 36% of World's Installed Software Is Pirated

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 7, 2004 - 6:58am.
Washington, D.C. -- About 36% of all software installed on computers worldwide was pirated in 2003, representing a loss of nearly $29 billion, according to new information from the Business Software Alliance (BSA), an international association representing some of the world's largest software manufacturers. The study found that while $80 billion in software was installed on computers worldwide last year, only $51 billion was legally purchased. In North America, the piracy rate was 23%, with losses totaling more than $7.2 billion. The problem, however, was most prevalent in Eastern Europe, where the piracy rate was 71%, and the Asia/Pacific region, where dollar losses totaled more than $7.5 billion. http://makeashorterlink.com/?L57F23EB8
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