New piracy feared in CD-ROM software
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The proliferation of inexpensive CD-ROM recordable drives and the rise of the Internet are increasing domestic software piracy after a marked decline. In 1994, the value of pirated software made in the US fell to $1.05 billion, 50% of what it had been in 1993, thanks to harsher penalties and a campaign to educate corporations. CD-ROM recordable drives allow pirates to store large amounts of data, increasing the number of pirated programs that can fit on one disk. The Internet allows easy distribution of software to a large number of users, and it is difficult to regulate, since their are few legal precedents. Vendors must continue to contend with international piracy, which produced copied software worth $144 million in the first four days of 1996 alone. Pacific Rim nations are particularly culpable, with Japan pirating $1.3 billion worth of software in 1994, while estimates claim that 49 of 50 software programs in China are illegal.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1996
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Kinko's adds Internet services to its copying business
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Kinko's announces plans to offer Internet access and Web page development services to home-office and small-office customers who rely on the chain for information technology needs. Most of the chains' 850 outlets already have PCs which should make Internet access services relatively easy to provide. Also, the company will target business customers instead of recreational Internet browsers by including online access prices into its $12 an hour computer rental rates. Kinko's management expects the service will appeal to business travelers who do not want to tote a portable computer in order to check e-mail or perform electronic messaging tasks. Analysts report the Internet service will not add much to the corporation's bottom line but will definitely give Kinko's an additional competitive edge in the business printing and copy shop markets.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1996
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For Netcom, its fans say being down is not out
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Netcom On-Line Communication Services, the nation's largest independent Internet access provider, has yet to yield a profit. The company held an IPO in Dec 1994 for $13 a share. Stocks peaked at a high of $91.50 a share in Nov 1995. It has a subscriber base of 400,000 and revenues as high as $52.4 million for 1995, which is $12.4 million more than in 1994. However, the company's stocks were traded back down to $27 a share on Apr 12, 1996 on the heels of recent announcements that larger and more notorious competitors such as AT&T are readying their own Internet access provider services. Netcom's shares dropped $4.75 on the day that the expected AT&T announcement for complete Internet access came, as did those of other competitors. Analysts predict that independent access providers will remain successful with the right kind of positioning.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1996
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