After this week’s arrest of a California man accused of selling pirated copies of Microsoft and Adobe Systems software, police said the suspect had brazenly offered the disks on eBay and on personal Web sites. This latest case highlights an ongoing trend that software makers are battling. “It may take a lot of guts, but there are a lot of people with a lot of guts,” Keith Kupferschmid, a spokesperson for the Software and Information Industry Association, said.
Bold California Software Pirate Arrested
Posted by: Fred J. Aun February 1, 2007 10:55 AMAfter this week’s arrest of a California man accused of selling pirated copies of Microsoft and Adobe Systems software, police said the suspect had brazenly offered the disks on eBay and on personal Web sites. This latest case highlights an ongoing trend that software makers are battling. “It may take a lot of guts, but there are a lot of people with a lot of guts,” Keith Kupferschmid, a spokesperson for the Software and Information Industry Association, said.