20 April 2012, Pampanga, Philippines--The Pilipinas Anti-Piracy Team (PAPT) led by the Optical Media Board (OMB) resumed its Northern Luzon anti-software piracy campaign and confiscated more than 100 pirated software installers allegedly used by computer retail stores in Pampanga.

03 April 2012, Manila, Philippines–The Pilipinas Anti-Piracy Team (PAPT) led by the Optical Media Board (OMB) found numerous cases where businesses were using more software than they had purchased licenses for, in the first leg of its crackdown campaign in Northern Luzon. PAPT warns erring companies that such misuse is as much a crime as use of pirated software.

06 March 2012, Manila, Philippines– After a successful campaign against software piracy in 2011, the Pilipinas Anti-Piracy Team (PAPT) is gearing up to an even more intensive drive this year by homing in on Northern Luzon and Central Visayas, with inspections on business establishments suspected of using unlicensed software commencing.

13 December 2011, Manila, Philippines–Two member agencies of the Pilipinas Anti-Piracy Team, the Optical Media Board (OMB) and the Intellectual Property Office Philippines (IPOPHL) have joined forces to conduct software inspections in business establishments across Metro Manila to root out businesses suspected of using, distributing or selling pirated software.

PAPT marks 6 years of anti-software piracy success and vows no let-up in resolve

Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines-The Optical Media Board (OMB), a member of the Pilipinas Anti-Piracy Team (PAPT), found Internet Cafes or i-Cafes in Cagayan de Oro City and Iligan City among the most rampant users of pirated software during its recent inspection of commercial establishments in those two Mindanao cities.

Staying true to its promise of targeting all forms of businesses, the Pilipinas Anti-Piracy Team (PAPT) recently conducted routine inspections on various organizations in Bacolod City and Iloilo City and found not just internet cafes but rural banks, schools particularly universities, and hospitals to be using unlicensed software in their business premises. The inspections were preceded by a 20-day countdown to action announced through ads in local newspapers.

The Optical Media Board, a member of the Pilipinas Anti-Piracy Team (PAPT) along with the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and the Philippine National Police (PNP), warned companies that refuse to have their software inspected that they will face legal sanctions unless they show proof that they are using licensed software.

April 26, 2011, Manila - In an effort to curb piracy and in light of the World Intellectual Property Day, the Optical Media Board (OMB) and National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) have intensified its efforts against software piracy in the Philippines through another round of inspections in several key areas in Metro Manila.

Manila, Philippines (17 March 2011) –The Pilipinas Anti-Piracy Team (PAPT) goes on an enforcement blitz south of Metro Manila towards Alabang, Paranaque, Las Pinas, Cavite and Laguna to go after businesses suspected of using unlicensed software and level the competitive field in these areas.

Following the announcement of a citywide crackdown against businesses using pirated and unlicensed software in Davao City, agents of the Optical Media Board (OMB), a member of the Pilipinas Anti-Piracy Team (PAPT) recently conducted routine inspections in the largest city in Mindanao island.

The PNP-CIDG-AFCCD recently conducted a raid against IZONE Technologies Philippines Corp. for the company’s use of pirated and unlicensed software in their business operations. The police seized 1.3 million pesos worth of illegal software.

Christmas is coming but the Pilipinas Anti-Piracy Team (PAPT) has not wavered in its campaign against businesses engaging in software piracy. Recently, the PAPT announced a citywide crackdown against businesses in Pasig City and Quezon City areas that are allegedly using pirated and unlicensed software.

The PAPT announced its intention to strengthen its grip against the use and/or sale of unlicensed and pirated software among business establishments, as they conduct more raids before the year-end.

The PAPT composed of the NBI, OMB and the PNP declared the official start of the 20-day grace period given to businesses in Cebu to legalize their use of software. The 20-day grace period given by the PAPT in Cebu starts Tuesday, June 1, 2010 and will end on Monday, June 28, 2010. PAPT enforcement actions will resume on Tuesday, June 29, 2010.

A recent raid conducted by the Anti-Fraud and Commercial Crimes Division (AFCCD) of the Philippine National Police’s Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG) against a business establishment in Ortigas Center, Pasig City, resulted in the seizure of more than 5.4 million pesos worth of pirated and unlicensed software.

In a span of just two months, the NBI-IPRD has conducted separate enforcement actions against 17 businesses allegedly involved in software piracy. Fourteen (14) of the companies raided were caught using computers that were allegedly loaded with different versions of pirated software. Three (3) were branches of a computer store apprehended for selling computers allegedly loaded with unlicensed software.

The OMB, a member of the PAPT, has been doing the rounds of busy business districts of Metro Manila with unannounced visits to companies to check if they are using pirated and unlicensed software in their business operations. Among the areas that were visited are Makati, Mandaluyong, Pasig, Quezon City, Parañaque and Taguig. The intensified operation of the team is part of the crackdown campaign of the PAPT under the Don’t Wait Until It’s Too Late! campaign.

The Pilipinas Anti-Piracy Team (PAPT), a government-led coalition set up to curb software piracy in the country, composed of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), the Optical Media Board (OMB) and the Philippine National Police (PNP), continues to make a headway in its crusade against the use of pirated and unlicensed software in businesses nationwide.

Armed with Inspection Orders signed by OMB Chairman Edu Manzano, several businesses in San Fernando, Mabalacat, and Angeles City in Pampanga were inspected by the OMB agents, to check the legality of their software commencing the crackdown of the Pilipinas Anti-Piracy Team against businesses using unlicensed and pirated software in North and Central Luzon.

The PAPT has launched an all-out campaign this year to go after businesses using pirated software in a determined effort to map out several major business centers as software-piracy free zones. The campaign has already started in Makati, where companies were given until March 26 to legalize their software or face the risks of a PAPT raid or routine inspection.

OMB starts routine inspections against 19 Internet cafes in Makati today after the ultimatum given by the team to legalize any software license misuse expired on Friday, March 26. The routine inspections resulted to the seizure of 19 computers for temporary custody of the OMB. Inspections on business users to follow immediately after.