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Microsoft Files 52 Suits Against Software Counterfeit Rings

December 11, 2007

Today, Microsoft said it has filed 52 lawsuits and referred 22 more cases involving counterfeit copies of Microsoft Office and Windows.

Fifteen of the suits were focused on China, in what was described by Microsoft as the largest-ever commercial counterfeit syndicate."

"The criminal syndicate broken up this past summer by Chinese law enforcement and the FBI was linked to a significant amount of illegitimate Internet activity," a Microsoft antipiracy executive quoted by arstechnica said. "We took note of that fact and followed up globally, since we have a responsibility to help combat cyberpirates who operate without borders and attempt to deceive unsuspecting software consumers around the world."

The violating detections were performed by Windows Genuine Advantage, a tool that requires software to pass a series of under-the-hood checks.

Since so much ;irated software winds up for sale on eBay, Microsoft announced Microsoft Buying Guide a separate but,, come to think of it, related initiative to educate eBay users on how to tell fake Windows software from the real thing.

 

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