Corel offers licences to pirates in novel amnesty program
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Ottawa-based software company Corel Corp. has launched an amnesty program that would allow illegal users of its WordPerfect office software to buy a license for the software for $29. Those who avail of the program will be able to get the next upgrade for WordPerfect for the same $95 which will be paid by users who have been legal all along. The company's strategy aims to tap the underground software market, which is estimated at around 50% of the entire $11.4 billion software industry.
Publication Name: Globe & Mail (Toronto, Canada)
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0319-0714
Year: 1999
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Cyberkidnappers turn to porn in Internet's grey area
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Web sites no longer in use but which still generate traffic, such as that of Olap at Work Inc., are being purchased by Internet pornography companies and used to redirect traffic.
Publication Name: Globe & Mail (Toronto, Canada)
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0319-0714
Year: 2001
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