Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> ...Apparently not, due to OEM's that pre-install Windows.
>
> Call to target UK software piracy
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> | Software piracy in some countries such as Vietnam top 90%
> | More than a quarter of the computer software used in the UK is
> | pirated, according to a report.
> |
> | The survey by an anti-piracy lobby group shows the percentage of
> | illegal software in use in the UK has stayed at 27% for the lasttwo
> | years.
> `----
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> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5005848.stm
>
> Get a load of this:
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> | Top three software pirates:
> |
> | Vietnam: 90%
> | Zimbabwe: 90%
> | Indonesia: 87%
> `----
>
<quote>
Piracy figures are calculated by working out how much PC software was
installed in 2005 and subtracting from that the amount paid for software
during the year.
</quote>
How would you know what was installed if it was pirated. If it's a buisness
and it is known to have pirated, then F.A.S.T would soon be paying them a
visit. This seems very dodgy.
<quote>
There was increasing evidence, said Ms Carroll, that organised crime groups
were behind many sophisticated counterfeiting efforts and profiting from
the continued use of illegal software.
</quote>
I doubt it, I think they are way too busy pirating Hollywood films.
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