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PC Magazine September 26, 2007 Alison Lapp	The Fake Software Empire An FBI sting uncovered a vast network for phony software, but there's more at risk than Microsoft losing money.
InternetNews December 27, 2004 Colin C. Haley	Microsoft Cheers Anti-Counterfeiting Law The measure takes aim at fake labels on software. The anti-counterfeiting bill is one of several signed by President Bush.
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.
InternetNews September 19, 2005 Tim Gray	Microsoft Sues 8 Resellers Over Fakes Microsoft has filed separate lawsuits against eight of its resellers for allegedly passing off counterfeit copies of its software through distribution channels.
InternetNews January 22, 2007 Ed Sutherland	It's Piracy Education, Just Not That Kind Microsoft's Genuine Facts File hopes to teach Windows consumers the advantages of staying legal.
InternetNews January 26, 2005 Susan Kuchinskas	Microsoft Extends Anti-Piracy Program Redmond also will close the door to Windows Downloads for users of bogus software. Under the expanded program, users will have to show they have legitimate Windows licenses before receiving non-critical updates.
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 4, 2007 Sean Gallagher	Vista SP1 to End Genuine Advantage 'Kill Switch' Microsoft will take a gentler approach to fighting Windows Vista piracy and won't disable the OS for systems it can't verify as "genuine."
InternetNews September 28, 2005 Susan Kuchinskas	Symantec and Microsoft Bring Down Pirate Anti-piracy efforts catch a scammer who created counterfeit copies of Symantec and Microsoft software.
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 May 7, 2009 Stuart J. Johnston	Microsoft Details WGA's Successor in Piracy Fight After the WGA's spotty record, will the latest version of Windows activation win more users' hearts and minds?
InternetNews December 19, 2006 Michael Hickins	Microsoft 'Firm But Fair' on Piracy Microsoft settled out of court with French digital disk replicator MPO for having infringed on its copyrights.
Entrepreneur June 2006 Jane Easter Bahls	Hitting Hard Piracy laws just got tougher.
InternetNews March 9, 2006 Clint Boulton	Microsoft's Piracy Fight Takes a New Road Microsoft, whose products are among the most pirated in the world, created the Genuine Software Initiative to protect its consumers and resellers from bogus software.
CFO June 1, 2008 Randy Myers	Counter Attack As phony goods flood the market, companies fight to protect their brands. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency blames counterfeit merchandise for the loss of more than 750,000 American jobs.
InternetNews June 29, 2006 Roy Mark	Curtains For NYC 'Cammer' Movie Pirates Three-year investigation accuses 22 of camcording films and distributing the bootlegs over the Web.
InternetNews September 17, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas	Feds Seize $87M in Counterfeit Software Sting Biggest-ever haul includes phonied Microsoft, Adobe and Symantec products.
InternetNews June 30, 2006 David Needle	Microsoft Hit With 'Genuine' Lawsuit Class action suit claims the Windows Genuine Advantage anti-piracy program is spyware.
InternetNews July 26, 2005 Sean Michael Kerner	Only The 'Genuine' Get Windows Support Starting today, non-authenticated users of Microsoft products will be unable to get non-security updates. Security updates will continue to be available to all users.
Chemistry World December 20, 2013 Patrick Walter	Chinese police seize 222m pounds of fake drugs Counterfeit medicines and raw materials worth more than Yuan2.2 billion have been seized by Chinese authorities.
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.
BusinessWeek April 7, 2011 Michael White	Hollywood: Organized Crime Goes to the Movies International gangs are cornering the market for pirated DVDs.
InternetNews August 25, 2009	'Office Genuine Advantage' Extended to U.S. Office now needs to be 'voluntarily' validated by users in the U.S. and 40 other nations.
InternetNews November 24, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas	Brits Get Replacements for Phony XP Microsoft will swap out phony copies of Windows XP for the real thing, but only in the U.K.
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 June 28, 2006 Andy Patrizio	Microsoft Makes Slight Change to WGA Notification Microsoft updated its Windows Genuine Advantage Notification software by removing the daily check-in feature.
BusinessWeek February 7, 2005	Uniting Business to Fight Fakes Vivendi's Jean-Rene Fourtou, former International Chamber of Commerce head, talks about a new coordinated counteroffensive against counterfeiting.
InternetNews April 11, 2005 Jim Wagner	Microsoft in Dealer Crackdown The Redmond giant files suits against eight PC retailers for selling bogus copies of Windows software.
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.
BusinessWeek February 7, 2005 Frederik Balfour	Fakes! The global counterfeit business is out of control, targeting everything from computer chips to life-saving medicines. Pick any product from any well-known brand, and chances are there's a counterfeit version of it out there. It's so bad that even China may need to crack down.
PC World February 2006 Spring & McLaughlin	Fakes! Counterfeit hardware is making its way to online merchants and to stores near you. And poor performance isn't the only risk: Bogus parts can be hazardous to your health.
InternetNews November 2, 2007 Stuart J. Johnston	Website, Lawsuits Take Aim at Pirates Microsoft opens a new site to educate users on how to spot illicit software, and also sues 20 alleged vendors for selling pirated copies of its software.
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 August 25, 2006 Roy Mark	Man Pays For Piracy With Jail Time In addition to jail time, Danny Ferrer faces $4.1M in restitution and forfeiture of a fleet of planes, boats and really nice cars for selling pirated software.
Salon.com July 8, 2002 Lisa Movius	Imitation nation Is piracy-crazed China a nightmare vision of the future, or just a developing country going through some severe growing pains?
BusinessWeek July 8, 2010 Simeon Bennett	Pfizer: Civil Suits for Drug Counterfeiters Pfizer's new tactics against fake drug peddlers have allowed it to recoup more than $5 million. That's still a fraction of its lost sales.
The Motley Fool February 5, 2011 Kurt Bakke	Microsoft: Software Piracy Supports Violence, Kidnapping The company says software knockoffs help fund foreign crime.
BusinessWeek May 28, 2009 Cliff Edwards	HP Gets Tough on Ink Counterfeiters With ink profits drying up, the tech giant is making anti-piracy efforts a top priority.
InternetNews June 15, 2005 Jim Wagner	Microsoft Software Piracy Crackdown Continues Microsoft again went on the offensive with lawsuits against software pirates.
InternetNews September 19, 2006 Nicholas Carlson	Microsoft Sues 20 More Microsoft announced another 20 lawsuits today against counterfeit software distributors.
PC World June 2006 Amber Bouman	Is My Copy of Windows Genuine or Not? Updates to Microsoft's verification site can complicate the validation process.
InternetNews October 31, 2006 Ed Sutherland	Microsoft's Counterfeit Auction Dragnet In its largest effort so far, Microsoft said it filed suit against 50 online dealers who used eBay and other Internet auction sites to sell counterfeit products to unaware consumers and businesses.
InternetNews November 30, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas	Microsoft Swats at Phony COAs On Tuesday, Microsoft said it filed eight lawsuits across the U.S. against defendants who allegedly distributed counterfeit Microsoft Certificates Of Authority (COA) labels or distributed genuine COA labels that could be used on pirated software.
InternetNews February 29, 2008 Mike Elgan	How Fake is Your PC? You can never be certain that any PC you buy contains all-legitimate components. Minimize the risk by shopping for reliability, not just low price.
AskMen.com	Really Bad Bills Des Moines police said some counterfeit money showing up in the area isn't just bad -- it's really bad. More than $6,000 in fake cash has been seized so far.
Chemistry World May 18, 2007 Hepeng Jia	China's Battle with Fake Drugs While China's pharmaceutical industry is experiencing rapid growth, a boom in counterfeit drugs is costing human lives and eroding the public's confidence in medical products.
InternetNews October 4, 2006 Ed Sutherland	Vista to Downgrade Pirates Users of pirated versions can access only limited features, according to Microsoft. But could it be bad PR?
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.
Chemistry World March 18, 2013 Andrew Turley	Interpol teams up with pharma International police service Interpol is teaming up with 29 drug companies to combat the trade in fake medicines.