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Thursday, August 27, 2009
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Tuesday, August 25, 2009
News: Four people jailed in Windows XP piracy case
From source: http://www.smh.com.au/technology/biz-tech/four-people-jailed-in-windows-xp-piracy-case-20090824-evsg.html
BEIJING: A court in eastern China has sentenced four people to up to three-and-a-half years in prison for selling bootleg versions of Microsoft's Windows XP software, court officials said.
State media described the case against Hong Lei, who created the "Tomato Garden" version of Windows XP, and three others as the country's biggest ever on software copyright infringement.
A court in Suzhou city sentenced Hong and co-defendant Sun Xianzhong to three-and-a-half years in prison and ordered them each to pay a fine of one million yuan ($176,000), the court confirmed.
Two others were given two-year jail terms and fined 100,000 yuan each.
The court said Hong and his partners offered free downloads of the pirated software to at least 10 million users, while raking in profits from Internet advertisements.
The Chengdu Gongruan Networking Technology Co Ltd, which ran the downloading website, was ordered to pay a fine of 8.77 million yuan and turn over 2.92 million yuan in income, it added.
Copyright counterfeiting is rampant in China and a constant irritant in trade ties with the United States.
Earlier this year, the US Congressional International Anti-Piracy Caucus placed China among the top five countries on its "International Piracy Watch List" for 2009.
In June 2008, the US-based Business Software Alliance, which includes Microsoft, complained to Chinese authorities about the "Tomato Garden" site, resulting in the arrests of Hong and his partners later that year.
"China's efforts to stop intellectual property theft have been weak and ineffective, heavy on tough talk but light on implementation," US Congressman Howard Berman said after meetings this week with Chinese leaders.
"China must step up its enforcement efforts against Internet sites offering downloads, streams or links to pirated recordings and films," he said in a statement released Thursday.
Late last year, 11 counterfeiters were sentenced to up to six and a half years in prison in the southern city of Shenzhen for distributing more than two billion dollars' worth of high-quality fake Microsoft goods in 36 countries.
At the time, Microsoft described the group as the world's biggest software counterfeiting syndicate.
BEIJING: A court in eastern China has sentenced four people to up to three-and-a-half years in prison for selling bootleg versions of Microsoft's Windows XP software, court officials said.
State media described the case against Hong Lei, who created the "Tomato Garden" version of Windows XP, and three others as the country's biggest ever on software copyright infringement.
A court in Suzhou city sentenced Hong and co-defendant Sun Xianzhong to three-and-a-half years in prison and ordered them each to pay a fine of one million yuan ($176,000), the court confirmed.
Two others were given two-year jail terms and fined 100,000 yuan each.
The court said Hong and his partners offered free downloads of the pirated software to at least 10 million users, while raking in profits from Internet advertisements.
The Chengdu Gongruan Networking Technology Co Ltd, which ran the downloading website, was ordered to pay a fine of 8.77 million yuan and turn over 2.92 million yuan in income, it added.
Copyright counterfeiting is rampant in China and a constant irritant in trade ties with the United States.
Earlier this year, the US Congressional International Anti-Piracy Caucus placed China among the top five countries on its "International Piracy Watch List" for 2009.
In June 2008, the US-based Business Software Alliance, which includes Microsoft, complained to Chinese authorities about the "Tomato Garden" site, resulting in the arrests of Hong and his partners later that year.
"China's efforts to stop intellectual property theft have been weak and ineffective, heavy on tough talk but light on implementation," US Congressman Howard Berman said after meetings this week with Chinese leaders.
"China must step up its enforcement efforts against Internet sites offering downloads, streams or links to pirated recordings and films," he said in a statement released Thursday.
Late last year, 11 counterfeiters were sentenced to up to six and a half years in prison in the southern city of Shenzhen for distributing more than two billion dollars' worth of high-quality fake Microsoft goods in 36 countries.
At the time, Microsoft described the group as the world's biggest software counterfeiting syndicate.
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Studio 2B: Concepts
Here is my Third concept incorporating sustainable materials and recycled waste material.
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Studio 2B: Concepts
Just thought i'd post my concepts on the blog for my Eco-Mom.
I found it hard to think of good products for this target market as i had initially focused on products strictly on the mom. These concepts however are based on mom-baby interaction.
note: i dont know why blogspot squashes the first image :S
Friday, August 7, 2009
Studio 2B: Mom website
Found a nice website that showed the life in the day of a 'mom'
http://www.parenting.com/article/Mom/Relationships/A-Day-In-the-Life-Of-a-Mother-of-Two/1
http://www.parenting.com/article/Mom/Relationships/A-Day-In-the-Life-Of-a-Mother-of-Two/1
Studio 2B: Powerhouse Husem - Design Awards 09
Went and visited the Design awards down at the powerhouse museum. Always an interesting place to go. The Hughie sink really impressed me, maybe because i had been thinking about eco-friendly house products all week and came up with nothing. The design is very smart and it really inspired me.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Studio 2B: Mood Boards.
Just thought i'd upload the mood boards our team created. These mood boards were made for the urban tribe: Gen X/Y Young Eco-Mothers.
Sunday, August 2, 2009
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