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Some thoughts about software piracy

Posted on | February 8, 2008 |

Before I came here in the States, MS is cracking down pirated products in the Philippines. There are huge numbers of Internet Cafe that closed down because of this. There was even one time that I had a hard time finding an open internet cafe (this is in gensan) because they all closed down. It’s a hard truth, that’s for a fact. And I admit, I was once a software pirated user.

I realized that my old practice was bad..look at our economy now, been sinking and dropping fast and this act add up on that. It’s also foolish to say that “I only bought and used 1, this wouldn’t hurt the company”. That’s not true, because you are adding up to the many. If no one will think like this..there’s a greater chance that we can help stabilize our economy. We are suffering now.

One good thing that would probably help this problem solve is to sell the hardware with a FREE windows OS software. This is what I noticed here. There are a lot of other solution but I think this one will help.

Anyway, I had a good friend in college and when he re-format my PC, he gave me a licensed software (thanks again pre).

Here’s the news:

Microsoft is telling the tale of a major software piracy investigation that weaved through 22 countries, hoping would-be pirates will think twice if they know how far the company will go to protect its computer code worth billions in revenue each quarter.

Near-perfect knockoffs of 21 different Microsoft programs began surfacing around the world just over a decade ago. Soon, PCs in more than a dozen countries were running illegal copies of Windows and Office, turning unwitting consumers into criminals and, Microsoft says, exposing them to increased risk of malicious viruses and spyware.

The case began to turn in 2001 when U.S. Customs officers seized a shipping container in Los Angeles filled with $100 million in fake software, including 31,000 copies of the Windows operating system.

From there, Microsoft pushed the investigation through 22 countries. Local law enforcement officials seized software, equipment and records, and made arrests. A court in Taiwan handed down the last of the major sentences in December. Microsoft estimates the retail value of the software the operation generated at $900 million.

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