Russian school headmaster fined in piracy case.

[Greenmatiz2]

http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/9627.cfm

Alexander Ponosov, a Russian headmaster, has been fined half of his monthly salary for using pirated copies of Microsoft software in his school's computers.

Prosecutors in the case said Ponosov violated Microsoft's property rights by allowing his students to use 12 school computers that were running on unlicensed copies of Microsoft Windows XP and had unlicensed Office software as well.

In his defense, Ponosov said he did not know the computers had fake licenses when they were delivered by a contractor.

Illegal copies of the XP operating system can be found on the streets of Moscow for an average of $6 and the US government has urged the Russian government to crack down on such rampant piracy if it has any hope of joining the WTO.

Looks like Russia is trying to save face.

[HDJK]

Originally Posted by Greenmatiz2

http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/9627.cfm

Looks like Russia is trying to save face.

Yes, and as always the little guy that can barely survive gets the penalty while the Mafia-lords swim in their money

[NutsAboutPS3]

I remember reading about this quite a while ago. The teacher had simply bought some PCs that came with the software pre-installed as you would expect. Difficult to see how he did an awful lot wrong other than perhaps he could have actively investigated whether the software that came with the PCs was genuine or not.

Anyway, Microsoft shot themselves in the foot, because loads of school teachers immediately switched to Linux to avoid the risk of the same thing happening to them.

[HDJK]

Originally Posted by NutsAboutPS3

I remember reading about this quite a while ago. The teacher had simply bought some PCs that came with the software pre-installed as you would expect. Difficult to see how he did an awful lot wrong other than perhaps he could have actively investigated whether the software that came with the PCs was genuine or not.

Anyway, Microsoft shot themselves in the foot, because loads of school teachers immediately switched to Linux to avoid the risk of the same thing happening to them.

Good for them. Screw M$