Microsoft can automatically disable pirated games on Windows 10 [Update: Maybe not]

Update: Microsoft’s Services EULA is different from the one governing Windows (Microsoft Software License Terms), which means that the amendments Microsoft added recently were to protect against counterfeiting of Xbox Live and Windows Store content, and not monitoring (or disabling) illicit content on Windows 10. Original story follows: Microsoft updated…

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Leader of pirated movie ring pleads guilty

Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector:  border_security The admitted leader of a group that aimed to become the largest online source for pirated movies pleaded guilty to copyright conspiracy charges on Aug. 29. Jeramiah Perkins, 39, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit criminal copyright infringement in a federal…

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Pirated software worth RM1.5 mil seized in raids

Pirated software worth RM1.5 mil seized in raids 2011/10/21 KUALA LUMPUR: The domestic trade, cooperative and consumerism ministry seized 219 pirated software worth about RM1.5 million in the city this year. The seizures followed 11 raids on corporate software users by the ministry’s Kuala Lumpur department, said its director, Abu…

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