saluyot
09-12-2005, 04:57 AM
madama gayam ti anti-piracy campaign ita! agannad dagitay aga-aramat iti pirated software itan, lalo dagitay computer shops, schools, business establishments!
basaenyo dagitoy:
PNP, NBI joins anti-piracy campaign, warn of more raids
First posted 05:43pm (Mla time) Aug 24, 2005
By Erwin Lemuel Oliva
INQ7.net
http://news.inq7.net/infotech/index.php?index=1&story_id=47939
THE PHILIPPINE National Police (PNP) and the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) agreed on Wednesday to help the Optical Media Board in its effort stamp out software piracy in the country.
Hoping to give more teeth to government's anti-piracy campaign, PNP Police Director Arturo Lumibao said its participation would give local authorities more power to go after software pirates who operate in the country.
"We've always supported anti-piracy campaigns in the past with the Videogram Regulatory Board (now renamed as OMB). We've had cases filed but were dismissed by courts. We believe this partnership will put more teeth to our anti-piracy efforts," Lumibao said in a briefing in Manila.
The new anti-piracy campaign, dubbed Pilipinas Anti-Piracy Team, has set a 30-day deadline, starting August 16, for companies to stop using unlicensed software. PNP, NBI, and OMB officials said they were already eyeing several local companies but did not elaborate.
The Business Software Alliance (BSA), representing software companies, and the Intellectual Property Coalition, a group of IP stakeholders, have also joined the repackaged anti-piracy campaign.
OMB Chairman Edu Manzano said that about 16 billion pesos in taxes are lost to piracy in the Philippines. This estimate covers the software and entertainment industry in the country.
Manzano disclosed that the OMB has closed down another major, illegal optical media replication facility in Balintawak last week, which has been operating for the past three years and producing 40,000 discs a day.
Meanwhile, Jeffrey Hardee, BSA vice president and regional director for Asia, stressed that software piracy is now more rampant online.
About 80 percent of IP violations happen through file-sharing networks, he added, noting that optical media piracy only accounts for a small portion of piracy problem worldwide.
Hardee said that the industry organization is now quick to flag Internet service providers found hosting illegal software through file-sharing networks.
The BSA executive also disclosed that about 90 percent of software sold through online auction sites is unlicensed software.
There are now eight pending cases filed against local firms, according to Hardee.
BSA has been advertising a one-million-peso reward to anyone who can give on local companies violating the intellectual property rights of software firms. BSA has also given as much as 200,000 pesos to a tipster. "We've had several convictions already," Hardee added.
Companies have less than 30 days to stop using illegal software, he warned.
A 2004 study by the International Data Corp. for BSA put the software piracy rate in the Philippines at 71 percent, which amounts to 3.7 billion pesos lost to piracy.
The OMB is currently focused on going after large-scale facilities using optical media to distribute unlicensed software, movies, and music. BSA, on the other hand, focuses on corporate end-user piracy.
The BSA said the people could call its anti-piracy hotlines at +63 2 8195897 for Metro Manila residents, and 1 800 888887 for those outside Metro Manila.
The OMB has yet to acquire a hotline, according to lawyer Marivic Benedicto of the Optical Media Board.
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Pirates, beware!
First posted 00:19am (Mla time) Aug 25, 2005
Inquirer News Service
http://news.inq7.net/metro/index.php?index=1&story_id=47965
Editor's Note: Published on page A18 of the August 25, 2005 issue of
the Philippine Daily Inquirer
PROMISING to strike hard after the countdown, a new anti-piracy team had this message to companies using pirated computer software for business, a crime that crippled the local software industry by P3.7 billion in lost profits last year.
The Pilipinas Anti-Piracy Team, an inter-agency effort against software piracy, debuted yesterday afternoon, vowing an all-out nationwide countdown against companies using counterfeit computer software by mid-September.
"We are hoping that with this new drive, we could create a greater impact against piracy on the streets," said Edu Manzano, chair of the Optical Media Board (OMB), an agency tasked to wipe out the lucrative piracy industry in the country.
Apart from the OMB, other agencies involved in the effort are the National Bureau of Investigation, the Philippine National Police, the Intellectual Property Coalition, and the Business Software Alliance (BSA).
The BSA also offered a reward of P1 million to those who can help them pin down companies illegally using software.
For those living in Metro Manila, BSA may be reached through 819-5897. Or call the toll-free number 1-800-1-888-8787 to report suspected users of pirated software. Tarra V.Quismundo
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basaenyo dagitoy:
PNP, NBI joins anti-piracy campaign, warn of more raids
First posted 05:43pm (Mla time) Aug 24, 2005
By Erwin Lemuel Oliva
INQ7.net
http://news.inq7.net/infotech/index.php?index=1&story_id=47939
THE PHILIPPINE National Police (PNP) and the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) agreed on Wednesday to help the Optical Media Board in its effort stamp out software piracy in the country.
Hoping to give more teeth to government's anti-piracy campaign, PNP Police Director Arturo Lumibao said its participation would give local authorities more power to go after software pirates who operate in the country.
"We've always supported anti-piracy campaigns in the past with the Videogram Regulatory Board (now renamed as OMB). We've had cases filed but were dismissed by courts. We believe this partnership will put more teeth to our anti-piracy efforts," Lumibao said in a briefing in Manila.
The new anti-piracy campaign, dubbed Pilipinas Anti-Piracy Team, has set a 30-day deadline, starting August 16, for companies to stop using unlicensed software. PNP, NBI, and OMB officials said they were already eyeing several local companies but did not elaborate.
The Business Software Alliance (BSA), representing software companies, and the Intellectual Property Coalition, a group of IP stakeholders, have also joined the repackaged anti-piracy campaign.
OMB Chairman Edu Manzano said that about 16 billion pesos in taxes are lost to piracy in the Philippines. This estimate covers the software and entertainment industry in the country.
Manzano disclosed that the OMB has closed down another major, illegal optical media replication facility in Balintawak last week, which has been operating for the past three years and producing 40,000 discs a day.
Meanwhile, Jeffrey Hardee, BSA vice president and regional director for Asia, stressed that software piracy is now more rampant online.
About 80 percent of IP violations happen through file-sharing networks, he added, noting that optical media piracy only accounts for a small portion of piracy problem worldwide.
Hardee said that the industry organization is now quick to flag Internet service providers found hosting illegal software through file-sharing networks.
The BSA executive also disclosed that about 90 percent of software sold through online auction sites is unlicensed software.
There are now eight pending cases filed against local firms, according to Hardee.
BSA has been advertising a one-million-peso reward to anyone who can give on local companies violating the intellectual property rights of software firms. BSA has also given as much as 200,000 pesos to a tipster. "We've had several convictions already," Hardee added.
Companies have less than 30 days to stop using illegal software, he warned.
A 2004 study by the International Data Corp. for BSA put the software piracy rate in the Philippines at 71 percent, which amounts to 3.7 billion pesos lost to piracy.
The OMB is currently focused on going after large-scale facilities using optical media to distribute unlicensed software, movies, and music. BSA, on the other hand, focuses on corporate end-user piracy.
The BSA said the people could call its anti-piracy hotlines at +63 2 8195897 for Metro Manila residents, and 1 800 888887 for those outside Metro Manila.
The OMB has yet to acquire a hotline, according to lawyer Marivic Benedicto of the Optical Media Board.
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Pirates, beware!
First posted 00:19am (Mla time) Aug 25, 2005
Inquirer News Service
http://news.inq7.net/metro/index.php?index=1&story_id=47965
Editor's Note: Published on page A18 of the August 25, 2005 issue of
the Philippine Daily Inquirer
PROMISING to strike hard after the countdown, a new anti-piracy team had this message to companies using pirated computer software for business, a crime that crippled the local software industry by P3.7 billion in lost profits last year.
The Pilipinas Anti-Piracy Team, an inter-agency effort against software piracy, debuted yesterday afternoon, vowing an all-out nationwide countdown against companies using counterfeit computer software by mid-September.
"We are hoping that with this new drive, we could create a greater impact against piracy on the streets," said Edu Manzano, chair of the Optical Media Board (OMB), an agency tasked to wipe out the lucrative piracy industry in the country.
Apart from the OMB, other agencies involved in the effort are the National Bureau of Investigation, the Philippine National Police, the Intellectual Property Coalition, and the Business Software Alliance (BSA).
The BSA also offered a reward of P1 million to those who can help them pin down companies illegally using software.
For those living in Metro Manila, BSA may be reached through 819-5897. Or call the toll-free number 1-800-1-888-8787 to report suspected users of pirated software. Tarra V.Quismundo
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