China reports major anti-piracy move
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| Chinese law enforcement agencies destroyed nearly 13 million pirated
| compact discs, DVDs and computer software Saturday in the government's
| latest campaign to curtail rampant theft of intellectual property, state
| media reported.
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| In enforcing the latest crackdown, police and copyright officers closed
| down 8,907 shops and street vendors, 481 publishing companies and 942
| illegal Web sites, Xinhua said. Police have uncovered ten illegal
| production lines for CDs and DVDs, four of them in Guangdong, the
| report said.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060916/ap_on_hi_te/china_piracy
There's no free lunch anymore. Get [F/f]ree software or have nothing.
Related:
How Piracy Opens Doors for Windows
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| Bill Gates may not be entirely dismayed by software thieves. They
| seed the world market and make Microsoft a standard.
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http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-micropiracy9apr09,0,414067.story?track=tottext
Why piracy kills Open Source
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| Because for them, the price is the same.
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| So, please, Microsoft, defend your own products, and don't allow users to
| use pirated versions. You'll be doing the best for the Open Source
| products.
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http://youmaybeinterrupting.com/desktop.php?view&postid=12&a=apps%2FBlog%3B%3B
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