Microsoft announced it has filed 26 lawsuits against alleged dealers of illegal software. These suits are more than double the number of cases Microsoft has filed on any one day — in fiscal year 2006 it filed 10 cases at one shot. The suits represent the launch of Microsoft’s latest and, it says, most fierce pushback yet against software piracy. The company has been battling software piracy for many years. Now it is stepping up its enforcement and prosecution efforts.
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Microsoft Ramps Up Anti-Piracy Efforts
Posted by: Erika Morphy July 18, 2006 02:23 PMMicrosoft announced it has filed 26 lawsuits against alleged dealers of illegal software. These suits are more than double the number of cases Microsoft has filed on any one day — in fiscal year 2006 it filed 10 cases at one shot. The suits represent the launch of Microsoft’s latest and, it says, most fierce pushback yet against software piracy. The company has been battling software piracy for many years. Now it is stepping up its enforcement and prosecution efforts.