From correspondents in Kerala, India, 05:34 PM IST
A three-member team from the legal department of Microsoft Corp inspected a few computer software companies here Thursday and found widespread use of pirated software.
Speaking to IANS, superintendent of police Arun Kumar Sinha confirmed that the legal wing of Microsoft had registered a complaint with them and sought assistance for conducting raids.
'Our officials assisted the Microsoft team in the raid at a few firms in Thiruvananthapuram and Kollam districts,' Sinha said.
'We have found widespread use of their pirated software. The police has registered a case under the Copyright Act against the IT firms that have violated the rule of law,' said Sinha.
Most Recent Comments
If this raid is done in other places, it will take ages to book all of the offenders. Just as trademarks are faked universally in India for spurious goods, so also software piracy, though easier of detection due to its being indulged in by companies that are doing quite well, after detection and prosecution, it will take ages for the offenders to be punished. This is India, Microsoft should know Maybe, some other Asian countries, too, are India's"competitotors"(although India could not compete with most Asian counterparts in hardware and manufacturing.)
View all comments »