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SIIA Cracks Down On e-Bay Sales Of Pirated Software,
by Glen Shapiro, LawAndTax-News.com, New York
Friday, May 19, 2006
The Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA), working on behalf
of its member companies, filed three lawsuits on Tuesday in the US District
Court, Central District of California, charging that at least three separate
defendants knowingly sold pirated software through the popular online auction
site e-Bay.
The suits are the first filed under SIIA’s new Auction Litigation Program,
which aims to monitor popular online auction sites, identify individuals or
groups selling pirated software, and prosecute those pirates on behalf of the
association’s member companies.
The lawsuits reference three instances of software pirated from Symantec Corporation
and McAfee, Inc. sold through e-Bay auctions between October 2005 and December
2005.
“The selling of pirated software, especially through online auction sites,
is a growing problem that hurts both business and consumers; and threatens the
credibility and viability of online auctions,” observed Keith Kupferschmid,
VP of SIIA’s Software Anti-Piracy Division.
The SIIA Auction Litigation Program was designed to establish a much greater
level of deterrence among pirate and/or counterfeit software sellers on auction
sites such as e-Bay, because current strategies, such as taking down auctions
through eBay’s Verified Rights Owner (VeRO) program have not adequately
remedied the problem.
In a statement, the Association announced this week that:
"The three suits announced today are just the beginning. As additional
targets are identified and approved by SIIA members, SIIA will be filing suits
against these targets on a monthly basis. SIIA and its members believe that
such a continued vigilant effort on their behalf will do more to stop piracy
on auction sites than anything else."
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