Code Confidential: The V.i. Labs Blog

Sometimes the Best Defense is a Good Offense (Just Ask the Patriots)
January 30, 2012

The best defense is a good offense: there is no better way to protect your intellectual property than by enforcing your rights with companies that are misusing your software.

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Arxan Defense Systems Acquired by Microsemi – What Does it Say about Software Protection?
September 15, 2010

Although there is no mention of what is happening with the commercial group Arxan Technologies, Inc., this acquisition underscores a familiar theme about the software protection market: there isn’t a standalone market for protection technology….

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Piracy Scene Using New Ways to Bypass Tamper Resistant Licensing (TRL)
September 8, 2010

Many of the ISVs we work with use TRL to help defeat simple license key generators for their applications…. Now over the years since TRL’s introduction, we seen some clever methods used to bypass TRL to enable piracy of the application.

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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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