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Cyber Monday Sting Operation Nets 150 Rogue Websites
December 1, 2011

This week a federal task force seized 150 websites accused of selling counterfeit goods in a sting timed with the unofficial start to the online holiday shopping season: Cyber Monday. While the sites involved were purveyors of tangible goods like jerseys, handbags and boots, we picked up on some interesting parallels with the software distribution sites that we frequently discuss here on Code Confidential.

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Thanksgiving Special: the 5 Biggest Turkeys in Software Piracy
November 18, 2011

While we are thankful for so many reasons, in this blog post, we’d like to take a look at the five biggest mistakes or “turkeys” that have happened in the software piracy area in 2011.

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Waltham License Compliance Panel 2012
May 1, 2012

V.i. Labs hosted a license compliance panel discussion on "Best Practices for Generating, Investigating and Converting License Compliance Opportunities" featuring guest speakers from Dassault Systèmes, Sullivan & Worcester, and Software Compliance Group.

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05/17/2012
Shining a Light on the Shadow Market

The 2011 BSA Global Software Piracy Study claims a $63 billion global piracy problem with 57% of users admitting they pirate software, but enforcement techniques like whistle blower campaigns and take down notices can yield bad PR. Software Intelligence solutions enable vendors to shine a light on what the BSA calls the “shadow market” by [...]

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05/15/2012
BSA 2011 Study Shows Growth in Global Piracy; ISVs to Turn to Compliance Programs to Recover Revenue

V.i. Labs’ top customers have identified more than $2.4 billion in revenue recovery opportunity since deploying CodeArmor® Intelligence; a sample of customers sharing results have reported gains of new license revenue of more than $100 million since 2011 using software intelligence data.

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