Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> Malaysia Raids Illegal Software Sellers
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| Malaysian authorities have begun raiding computer retail outlets
>| offering pirated software amid concerns that illegal copies of
>| Microsoft Corp.'s newest operating system, Windows Vista,
>| are already on sale.
> `----
>
> http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20070216/malaysia-software-piracy.htm
>
> Two defendants in German warez case admit charges
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| Two of the three main defendants in the FTPWelt trial, which opened
>| this week at the District Court of Mühlhausen in Germany, have
>| admitted that they offered bootleg software, games and movies
>| through a high speed download service Ftpwelt.com.
> `----
>
> http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2007/02/16/defendants_admit_charges/
>
>
Whilst I have huge sympathy for the offering of out of date,
unsupported, no longer sold types of software on such sites, I have no
sympathy for offering so-called "bootlegged" up to date software. They
would be better offering free software, I think.
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