Police find 3,000 forged copies of XP Pro along with forged certificates of authentication
Published:
17 January 2004 y., Saturday
Spanish police arrested 14 people on charges of intellectual piracy Thursday after discovering 3,000 forged copies of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows XP Professional Edition software along with forged certificates of authentication.
The forged certificates are the first to be discovered for Windows XP Professional Edition and are believed to have been fabricated in the country, according to Microsoft Spain.
The software and more than 4,000 forged certificates were located in the north eastern city of San Sebastián. Some of the software was packaged with a certificate and manual, constituting a "pack" that could be sold for between €279 ($350) and €414, Microsoft said.
All together, Microsoft estimated that the pirated goods could have sold for as much as €1.2 million on the open market.
Spain has one of the highest incidences of software piracy in Western Europe after Greece, the software giant said, citing data from the Business Software Alliance (BSA).
The piracy raid conducted Thursday was particularly worrying since the software found was accompanied by forged certificates that would make the goods appear genuine to consumers, Microsoft said.
The BSA is currently working with Spain's Science and Technology Ministry on a campaign to raise awareness about the problem of piracy, saying that it is having a debilitating effect on the country's economy.
Šaltinis:
infoworld.com
Copying, publishing, announcing any information from the News.lt portal without written permission of News.lt editorial office is prohibited.
The most popular articles
Software company announced new structure_ of it_s business.
more »
A new generation of smart phone "iPhone5" will go on sale in September.
more »
The Collector USB Flash Drive is one awesome concept that I’d love to see on shelves.
more »
Internet Giant Google announced that they will be investing $168 million in a solar energy power plant being developed in the Mojave Desert by the startup BrightSource Energy.
more »
New battery in your phone or laptop, that is charged hundreds of times faster.
more »
Facebook has announced that it will share the design secrets behind its new energy-efficient data centre with rival companies.
more »
The powerful new 15.6” ASUS-Automobili Lamborghini VX7 offers a completely revamped notebook experience...
more »
Moonwatch clock is designed to determine the relation between lunar cycle and human emotions.
more »
Every year, Fortune magazine comes out with its list of the Most Admired Companies in the world.
more »
NASA's Messenger spacecraft delivers its first photos of Mercury and the first images ever taken from the rocky planet's own orbit.
more »
What is the current role and likely future role of social media tools like Facebook and Twitter in framing European discourse?
more »