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"It's easier for our software to compete with Linux when there's piracy
than when there's not."
--Bill Gates
Microsoft backs anti-piracy efforts in the Sultanate
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| As part of its ongoing efforts to curb the
| spread of pirated software, to protect
| customers and ensure a level playing field
| for the region's legitimate resellers,
| Microsoft Gulf announced recently that it
| had filed a criminal complaint which led
| to three anti-piracy raids on resellers
| across the Sultanate of Oman, conducted by
| the Economic Crime Department at Royal
| Oman Police.
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http://www.zawya.com/mobile/default.cfm/sidZAWYA20100221055821/Microsoft%20backs%20anti-piracy%20efforts%20in%20the%20Sultanate/actstory
Clark County man accused of selling counterfeit software
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| A 44-year-old man accused of selling
| counterfeit Microsoft software over the
| Internet for 10 years has been indicted by
| a federal grand jury in Seattle.
|
| Wayne Shu of Battle Ground, Clark County,
| was charged Thursday with six counts of
| mail fraud, trafficking in counterfeit
| goods and trafficking in illicit labels.
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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/theblotter/2011191056_clark_county_man_accused_of_se.html
WA Man Accused of Selling Counterfeit Software
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=9954908
B.G. man indicted in counterfeit software scheme
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| A Battle Ground man was indicted in
| federal court in Seattle on Thursday for
| allegedly selling counterfeit Microsoft
| software on the Internet over a period of
| 10 years, collecting $1.75 million in one
| three-year period.
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http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/feb/26/bg-man-indicted-in-counterfeit-software-scheme/
Washington man indicted for counterfeit Microsoft product sales
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/21864.cfm
Recent:
Microsoft: âPiracy no longer poses a threat to usâ
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| To be totally honest, anytime you use any OS
| of any kind you open yourself up to viruses
| and trojans, especially with Microsoftâs
| Operating Systems.
|
| As this article is published, Microsoft has
| unfortunately not answered to our repeated
| email requests for a statement on this issue.
| In the news business thatâs called a solid âno
| comment.â
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http://freakbits.com/microsoft-piracy-no-longer-poses-a-threat-to-us-1202
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