Business Ethics - 02/2007

By ETCO

28 / 02 / 2007 - In the last three years, Brazil has reduced the sale of pirated CDs by 40%

27 / 02 / 2007 - US wants to appoint inspector to cooperate with Latin America in the fight against piracy

26 / 02 / 2007 - Illegal software contains ports that facilitate entry by hackers

23 / 02 / 2007 - Manufacturers of computer and electronics products unite in the fight against piracy

22 / 02 / 2007 - China sees 26% increase in copyright protection filings

21 / 02 / 2007 - Manufacture of famous brands in third world countries makes consumers confuse original with pirate

20 / 02 / 2007 - Police dismantle Hong Kong's biggest CD and DVD piracy ring

19 / 02 / 2007 - US Recording Industry Association plans campaign to discount music piracy fines for users who make deals

16 / 02 / 2007 - Sanitary Surveillance ordered the destruction of a batch of counterfeit impotence medicine across the country

15 / 02 / 2007 - Technicians from IPEM in São Paulo apprehend a fuel pump that showed fraud

14 / 02 / 2007 - 75 CDs and 22 microcomputers with illegal software were seized in January

13 / 02 / 2007 - China removed from the internet between September and January 205 sites accused of piracy

12 / 02 / 2007 - Ministry of the Environment consults with indigenous peoples to discuss profit sharing for companies that use the knowledge of these groups to produce medicines

09 / 02 / 2007 - Banks spend more than BRL 2,5 billion on technology aimed at electronic security

08 / 02 / 2007 - Union of Station Owners believes that the sale of adulterated fuels may be distorting gasoline and alcohol prices surveyed by ANP in SP

07 / 02 / 2007 - YouTube will display alerts on its page in Japan to prevent users from uploading copyrighted content

06 / 02 / 2007 - PF will subpoena MG lawyers to explain forgery of signature of vice president of STJ

05 / 02 / 2007 - Federal Revenue seized R$ 800 million in smuggled or counterfeit products in 2006

02 / 02 / 2007 - Sony Music reimburses consumers for computer damage caused by anti-piracy CDs

01 / 02 / 2007 - Authorities call at World Congress on Combating Piracy, held in Switzerland, to increase collaboration with private sector