Russians planted for the installation of pirated software

In accordance with the decision of the court a resident of the town of Khimki (Russian) Alex Andrus spend a year in prison for the installation of unlicensed software Microsoft and "1C", writes CNews. In addition, he must pay compensation to the plaintiffs, the amount of which is 94 thousand. Russian rubles (about $ 3, 3 thousand.).

According to investigators, last August Alex Andrus downloaded from the Internet pirated versions of software, which are then installed on the client computers. The damage caused by its operations amounted to 646 thousand. Rubles ($ 22, 6 thousand.). On the criminal managed to get under the operational-investigative activities "test purchase" when Alex Andrus installed unlicensed software on the computer of the customer Moscow.

"Microsoft is actively working to protect consumers against the risks of using pirated software (low-quality service, the threat of identity theft, viruses, Trojans and so on. P.), As well as to protect Microsoft partners from unfair competition on the part of criminal piracy business," - commented this case Alexander Fear, a lawyer for the Protection of Microsoft intellectual property in Eastern Europe.

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