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- BSA: Outright liars or just truth challenged? Gaskin, James E. // Network World;7/10/2006, Vol. 23 Issue 26, p26
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- Symantec cracks down on piracy. Vaas, Lisa // eWeek;5/21/2007, Vol. 24 Issue 18, p22
The article reports on the issues concerning Symantec Corp. decision to file lawsuits against eight companies it accuses of selling pirated software in the U.S. The report has noted that Symantec's decision was the latest move in the industry's continuing struggle against counterfeit products....
- MICROSOFT GETS TOUGH. Singh, Shruti Dat� // Crain's Chicago Business;5/15/2006, Vol. 29 Issue 20, p3
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- Arr: you may not be a Photoshop pirate after all. Warne, Dan // APC;May2007, Vol. 27 Issue 5, p8
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