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SecurityWeek: Lessons Learned for Software Piracy in 2011
December 29, 2011
As 2011 draws to a close, I’ve decided to take a step back and review the past year. Let’s take the lessons learned about software piracy and see how they can be applied in 2012.
SecurityWeek: V.i. Labs Launches Data Service to Hunt Down Unlicensed Software
December 22, 2011
The V.i. Labs Data Service (VDS), an extension to CodeArmor Intelligence, accelerates the process for customers by automatically matching license infringement. This is where it gets interesting. According to V.i., VDS combines business information from Data.com, WHOIS domain registries, IP geo-location databases and federated organizational databases of non-compliant organizations from current V.i. Labs deployments to identify infringing organizations’ names and addresses.
Infosecurity: Vint Cerf leads charge against online piracy legislation
December 16, 2011
Commenting on the SOPA legislation, Vic DeMarines, vice president of products for business software intelligence provider V.i. Labs, told Infosecurity: “Trying to stop piracy by adding new tools to disable access to the piracy channels is a futile strategy for software vendors. Past experience suggests that these tactics only create new methods and approaches for sharing pirated content. Until this bill can address those concerns and target the actual adopters of pirated software it will do little to stop online piracy.”
eWeek: Nine Anti-Software Piracy Ideas That Just Won't Work
December 7, 2011
Trying to stop piracy by adding new tools to disable access to the piracy channels is a futile strategy for most software vendors.
SecurityWeek: The Accidental Pirate - What Software Vendors and Enterprise Companies Should Know
December 2, 2011
While some piracy can be blamed on deliberate action, more often than not, the reason companies unwittingly become software pirates is due to a misunderstanding of their software licenses.
Examiner.com: Piracy protection company lists its top 5 “turkeys” in stopping thefts
November 26, 2011
Thanksgiving is a time of spending time with family and friends, but it also is a time to reflect of things that have occurred in the past year....So V.i. Labs has reviewed all the software protection schemes this year and identified the five worst efforts.
Mass High Tech: Piracy legislation ultimately misses the mark
November 22, 2011
The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) bill has a lofty goal, but the execution of such a plan is tricky. Similar pieces of legislation, such as the Senate’s 2011 PROTECT-IP Act and 2010 Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act (COICA) have failed to become law because of enforcement and execution challenges. SOPA faces a similar uphill battle.
IT Business Edge: The Five Biggest Turkeys in Software Piracy
November 21, 2011
Thanksgiving always brings thoughts of spending time with family and friends. It also gives us time to reflect on the events of the past year. In this slideshow, V.i. Labs takes a look at the five biggest mistakes or “turkeys” that have happened in the software piracy area in 2011.
IDG Connect: Best Practices for Software License Revenue Recovery
October 6, 2011
A 3 step guide to software license revenue recovery.
SecurityWeek: Software Compliance - Going Beyond the Viral Benefits and Pursuing License Compliance
September 21, 2011
Half of the Software Piracy Discovered is Being Committed by Existing Customers Who are Out of Compliance with their Licenses. How Can We Fix This?