Microsoft tops Google’s list of copyright removal requests

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Microsoft is more active than any other company in asking Google to remove from its index websites that infringe on the Redmond company’s copyrights, according to a new Google report. New stats from the search giant show that Microsoft and its agents requested the removal of more than 536,000 URLs from Google’s Index in the… Read More…

Microsoft cautions ‘Piracy Lurks Everywhere’

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To help inform small businesses of the risk of being lured by counterfeit software offerings, Microsoft has launched a worldwide online video awareness campaign that calls attention to software acquistion methods that may lead to purchasing pirated content.  The digital video campaign is designed to provide more information and heighten awareness of the risks associated… Read More…

Microsoft says it opposes SOPA ‘as currently drafted’

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Much of the tech world’s attention is focused on the Stop Online Piracy Act this week, with Wikipedia and others planning to black out their sites Wednesday to protest the bill and its companion Protect IP Act. Don’t look for Microsoft to join them, but the company is now weighing in on the issue —… Read More…

The Oatmeal vs. FunnyJunk over pirated online comics

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Seattle’s Matthew Inman, better known as webcomic artist The Oatmeal, is loved by fans for his funny and biting observations on such topics as the technology world, the end of the world, and cats. Turns out some people like his work a little too much. Inman has recently become embroiled in a public struggle against site called FunnyJunk that… Read More…