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InternetNews June 16, 2006 Roy Mark	High Flying Software Pirate Grounded Illegal software dealer pleads guilty and agrees to forfeit airplanes, cars and boats.
InternetNews September 11, 2006 Ed Sutherland	Software Pirate Fined, Going to Jail A California man was sentenced to 87 months, or more than seven years, in prison and ordered to repay $5.4 million in what federal prosecutors called the largest U.S. software piracy operation.
InternetNews December 14, 2005 Roy Mark	Software Pirate Set For April Sentencing Feds bust the largest for-profit software piracy site ever shut down by the government.
InternetNews May 14, 2007 Roy Mark	'Fastlink' Downs 50th Conspirator Feds continue law enforcement campaign targeting warez groups.
InternetNews May 22, 2006 Roy Mark	Warez Dealers Headed to Jail The Department of Justice tightened the noose around warez dealers Friday with the first sentencing of individuals for their Internet music piracy activities.
InternetNews November 10, 2005 Roy Mark	Attorney General Seeking Tougher IP Laws Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales proposed new legislation today that would strengthen penalties for copyright infringement, expand intellectual property protection and add critical enforcement tools.
InternetNews June 30, 2005 Roy Mark	DOJ Hits Warez Networks Federal agents launch 70 raids aimed at first providers of illegally distributed copyrighted works. The arrested were all active on warez networks that distribute the copies illegally through the Internet.
InternetNews June 29, 2006 Roy Mark	More Warez Dealers Head to Jail Operation FastLink, the two-year-old FBI undercover investigation targeting organized Internet piracy groups known as warez dealers, claimed two more pirates Wednesday.
InternetNews November 2, 2009	Software Pirate Gets 41 Months in Prison Virginia man incarcerated after years of selling phony Adobe software apps on eBay for years.
InternetNews April 27, 2006 Roy Mark	Feds Charge Five More in Warez Crackdown Five more individuals are facing criminal copyright charges as part of the Department of Justice's ongoing crackdown on warez dealers.
Entrepreneur June 2006 Jane Easter Bahls	Hitting Hard Piracy laws just got tougher.
InternetNews October 13, 2006 Roy Mark	Feds Bust Craigslist Software Pirates Three alleged software pirates face criminal copyright infringement charges for selling illegal copies of popular software titles on Craigslist.
InternetNews February 21, 2007 Roy Mark	Feds Finally Extradite Alleged Warez Kingpin Hew Raymond Griffiths, an alleged warez kingpin, appeared in a U.S. district court and was charged with conspiracy to commit criminal copyright infringement and criminal copyright infringement.
InternetNews September 13, 2006 Roy Mark	Another Sith Pirate Meets Force of Law Third member of Elite Torrents copyright theft ring pleads guilty to Star Wars movie theft.
InternetNews January 19, 2005 Roy Mark	DOJ Scores First Criminal P2P Convictions The U.S. Department of Justice bagged its first-ever criminal convictions for peer-to-peer copyright theft Tuesday when two men arrested in last summer's Operation Digital Gridlock pleaded guilty.
InternetNews March 9, 2005 Roy Mark	Feds Bag Warez Convictions Key leaders of Internet piracy rings face prison sentences of 5 to 10 years.
InternetNews November 11, 2005 Roy Mark	Public Knowledge Pans AG's Copyright Proposal Digital rights group Public Knowledge picks apart legislation that puts copyright theft in criminal code.
InternetNews August 25, 2004 Roy Mark	DOJ Raids Private P2P Operation Authorities raided five residences and and an Internet service provider Wednesday morning in the first federal criminal enforcement action against private peer-to-peer networks.
PC World December 13, 2001 Todd R. Weiss	Feds Crack Software Piracy Rings Two-year probe targeted international groups illegally distributing software, games, and movies online...
InternetNews January 14, 2010	eBay Software Pirate Gets Jail Time A federal judge sends one crook up the river, but it's a drop in the bucket when it comes to the massive amount of piracy claimed by the software industry.
InternetNews May 26, 2005	Feds Strike Back at 'Sith' Bootleggers Nationwide raids roust distributors of bootleg "Star Wars" film.
InternetNews October 4, 2004 Roy Mark	U.S. Launches New Anti-Piracy Campaign U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick says Internet and sophisticated duplication technology have taken piracy to unprecedented levels.
InternetNews May 15, 2007 Roy Mark	More Jail Time For Copyright Crooks? Attorney General Alberto Gonzales sent legislation to Capitol Hill Monday that would increase jail time for repeat offenders of copyright laws.
InternetNews January 27, 2006 Roy Mark	Feds Charge 10 More in Warez Wars Federal authorities continued their national crackdown on warez dealers this week, charging 10 more individuals with violating the No Electronic Theft Act.
InternetNews April 23, 2004 Roy Mark	DOJ Strikes at Global Online Piracy Coordinated international raids seek to dismantle syndicates distributing pirated material.
InternetNews July 28, 2005 Roy Mark	Warez Warriors Wrapped Up by Feds The Department of Justice's (DoJ) crackdown on large-scale piracy continued today with the indictments of eight individuals for criminal copyright infringement. The individuals were active in the online 'warez' scene.
InternetNews October 13, 2005 Roy Mark	Feds Bust Massive Piracy Scheme A federal grand jury indicted three San Francisco-area men Wednesday for their involvement in what the music industry calls the largest illegal CD manufacturing seizure in the United States.
InternetNews April 13, 2009 David Needle	Software Pirates Look Familiar Business Software Alliance shows confessional videos of people, including a grandmother, arrested for selling counterfeit software.
CIO July 1, 2005 Elana Varon	$33 Billion-Gone! 35% of all software installed on the world's personal computers is pirated, according to a global study.
InternetNews May 13, 2010 Larry Barrett	Software Pirates Swipe Billions in Booty New figures from the Business Software Alliance finds that while software piracy has leveled off in the U.S., the trade of stolen or counterfeit software is still booming.
Information Today December 31, 2007 George H. Pike	Congress Proposes to Enhance IP Enforcement and Penalties The Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property (PRO-IP) Act, H.R. 4279, proposes a number of steps to strengthen the enforcement of copyright, trademark, and patent laws and to increase criminal and civil penalties for copyright infringement.
InternetNews June 21, 2006 Roy Mark	Pirates Still Sailing By IP Protection Efforts The United States continues to flex its powerful legal muscle when it comes to intellectual property protection but even the government admits the results have been mixed.
InternetNews December 31, 2008 Andy Patrizio	China Jails Multibillion-Dollar Piracy Ring And Microsoft understandably couldn't be happier.
InternetNews July 25, 2005 Roy Mark	Bush Appoints IP Eyes New senior-level government position at the Commerce Department to focus on coordinating U.S. efforts in combating worldwide intellectual property theft.
InternetNews October 14, 2008	President Signs Tough New Anti-Piracy Law President Bush on Monday signed into law the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act, which provides stiffer penalties for breaching intellectual property.
BusinessWeek April 7, 2011 Michael White	Hollywood: Organized Crime Goes to the Movies International gangs are cornering the market for pirated DVDs.
InternetNews December 21, 2006 David Needle	Samsung Exec Pleads Guilty in DRAM Probe Prison time for Young Hwan Park in computer memory price-fixing case.
InternetNews October 1, 2010	EFF Claims Victory in Delay of Senate IP Bill The Electronic Frontier Foundation warned that the legislation designed to combat piracy will inevitably take down lawful content.
InternetNews December 13, 2007 Sean Gallagher	Consumer, Industry Groups Spar Over Piracy Bill PRO IP's supporters testify in Washington that the act will curb counterfeit bags and DVDs. Critics fear it will hurt fair use and new media models.
InternetNews October 5, 2007 David Needle	Piracy's Other Price - Jobs Report says 373,375 Americans currently unemployed can thank motion picture, sound recording, video game and software pirates for the lack of job opportunities.
IEEE Spectrum June 2005 Marlowe Hood	Steal This Software And this DVD, and this book, and this handbag, and this car... The Internet has become the most common vehicle for software piracy in China, but their are other options, too.
InternetNews July 18, 2006 Ed Sutherland	Microsoft v. Pirates: 26 New Lawsuits Filed Microsoft filed suit against more than two dozen companies charged with loading pirated software on computers they sold.
InternetNews May 12, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	BSA: Software Industry Lost $53B to Piracy in 2008 Industry group warns of escalating losses from unlicensed software.
InternetNews July 7, 2004 Erin Joyce	Software Piracy Losses Add Up to $29B BSA changes its study focus on who's stealing software and yields new nuggets.
InternetNews December 26, 2007	Microsoft's Piracy Fight Gains Momentum in China Microsoft continues reaping the benefits of Beijing's efforts to curb illegal wares.
InternetNews December 8, 2005 Roy Mark	Software Industry Shifts Piracy Strategy The U.S. strategy for its war on global software piracy is shifting from focusing on the financial damage of intellectual property theft to the economic benefits of copyright protection.
InternetNews November 16, 2006 David Needle	Another Guilty Plea in DRAM Price Fixing Scandal The U.S. Department of Justice announced today that a former executive of Elpida Memory, a large Japanese manufacturer of DRAM chips, agreed to plead guilty for his participation in a global conspiracy to fix prices.
InternetNews August 26, 2004 Roy Mark	DoJ Nabs 103 in Online Crime Sweep Ashcroft says summer-long campaign known as Operation Web Snare reveals increasing internationalization of online crime.
InternetNews March 31, 2006 David Needle	U.S. A.G.: Limits to Data it Can Collect U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez gave a big high five to the enforcement of intellectual property laws.
InternetNews March 12, 2007 Michael Hickins	BSA Sacks Software Pirates The Business Software Alliance is taking its anti-piracy campaign on the road with suits around the world.