The group of pirates responsible for 90% of pirated software Microsoft, was sentenced to imprisonment by a court in Taiwan. Chapter Maximus Technology companies were put on four years, and his associates received from a half to three years in prison - said Ars Technika.
According to Microsoft, the company Maximus Technology, headed by owner Huang Jer -sheng between 1997 and 2003 distributed high-quality pirated copies in more than 600 cities in 22 countries. The company Jer -sheng (who, incidentally, was the biggest time for similar crimes in the history of Taiwan) to sell their products in Western Europe, Canada, USA, Malaysia, Paraguay, Singapore and other countries, but in Russia these pirate copies Maximus Technology seen . But lit up in China, which together with our vast motherland divides the palm in the prosperity of piracy.
'Microsoft applauds the work of the Taiwan authorities to provide a hard resistance actions of the gang - said David Finn, chief consultant on piracy and illegal copying of. - And this case is evidence of close cooperation between local authorities and private companies and shows that such cooperation is the impetus for the disappearance of counterfeit products on the market and bring the pirates to justice.
Recall that Microsoft has tightened the fight against distributors of illegal copies of their products in 2006, by filing lawsuits against resellers in 11 countries around the world. In 2007, jointly by Microsoft and Symantec in a special operation was destroyed pirated software on the $ 500 million. Russia raised the famous case holivar Ponosov, ended after a long grueling showdown with a fine of 5,000 rubles and a desire to keep the Director - offender cases, and to do advocacy of free software.
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