Reuters reports that a study showed China’s piracy rates, the level of pirated software in a particular country, dropped to 82 percent in 2006 from 90 percent in 2004. The Chinese government also now requires all personal computers manufactured in China to come with a licensed operating system before leaving the factories. China is the [...]

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Universal Music, Sony BMG, EMI Group Plc, and Warner Music Group Corp. sued New York-based Lime Wire LLC, operators of the popular Limewire peer-to-peer filesharing network for allowing users to download music for free. Reports say the suit seeks $150,000 in damages for every song “willfully infringed” by LimeWire! Limewire is the most downloaded application [...]

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