Kerala IT Firms Booked For Software Piracy

[Hitboxx]

If you really want anyone to get in trouble report End User Piracy here
*www.microsoft.com/india/piracy/EndUser_Piracy.aspx

Will I be traced if I click this link..tsk..tsk? But I'm on Linux!

 

[FilledVoid]

It is very bad in law that the police has assisted M$.. the I.T firms can hit back with counter complaint of unauthorised entry from M$.. After all company properties are not a public property but private one... In such case the due course open to the M$ is to obtain a search warrant from the local Magistrate.. and only afterwards police can assist M$ in such case..

I would be amazed if they didn't have a search warrant or instruction from the magistrate in the first place. Im pretty sure Microsoft's legal / sales /whatever department filed a complaint against a group of companies stating that they might be using Pirated Software. After all how hard is it to find out the details anyway? For each registration you have to enter in your details don't you

 

[praka123]

tomorrow IT shops are gonna closed for protest against M$ raid diditos!they should have opted for Linux actually!

 

[vaithy]

Our Laws give personal liberty more importance to any other laws.. Let us take example of Video piracy of new movies.. They can size such movies from the vendors and took other legal actions against the vendors.. But they couldn't enter any buyer's home or office premises for such purposes... If such action allowed, then police can virtually took M$ word for it, even arrest home users for possession of pirated copy.. If such thing happen.. we'll be under worse than the Nazi state..

Vaithy

 

[MetalheadGautham]

Our Laws give personal liberty more importance to any other laws.. Let us take example of Video piracy of new movies.. They can size such movies from the vendors and took other legal actions against the vendors.. But they couldn't enter any buyer's home or office premises for such purposes... If such action allowed, then police can virtually took M$ word for it, even arrest home users for possession of pirated copy.. If such thing happen.. we'll be under worse than the Nazi state..

Vaithy

thats right. They can't search without a search warrant.

And I think its about time GNU files a case against M$ for copyright infrigment, because M$ used/made lots of stuff already existing in GNU. This way, even the FOSS community can use the patent saber against M$. Ang guess what? In the hands of FOSS, the patent saber is not double edged, unlike M$'s.

Besides, even if M$ does the ultimate and bribes the U$ government, there is no way they can reach the rest of the world. China, India, etc hold a huge chunk of the world population. So M$ can't attack us with patents here. Even EU is free of M$ threat. I pity the Americans, but there is nothing we can do about them. As long as the rest of the world is happy, why bother about some american issue and make it a world issue?

 

[vaithy]

The American issue is now becoming the issue of India and its citizen's fundamental rights , attacked right under the nose of the custodians of Indian Law.. so it is relevent to discuss the issues now.. otherwise it may be too late..

vaithy

 

[praka123]

soon we can expect raid for those who uses software and hardware with DRMs cracked!thx to M$,RIAA and the likes!

 

[mark_johny]

I definitely agree with you. The assemblers and compute wholesalers should only install linux. Those customers who want ms softwares should get hold of it by themselves.

I support the raid, as it has become like no body bothers about the seriousness of the software licency. Everybody gives out whatever they have. Bringing a scare among the people regarding software piracy is a good thing.
-mark

saw it on malayalam channels.the news read M$ had already send notices to wholesalers regarding piracy.but what can a assembler/wholesaler can do when the idiot PIRATED windows user wants to live the life of pirate hence forcing the assembler to install pirated softwares .I hope they boycott M$ sales in kerala(yeah..i know pirates will force them to install winblow$).

still this is to intimidate pirated win users hence to buy legit copies of OS(esp for IT companies in the state).for a couple of weeks,M$ is posting adverts reg piracy(and the "importance" of vista ) in news papers and hoardings.

Linux adoption reduced the income which M$ is expecting from kerala.so...they did this raid!hoping people will buy from fear,no way pirates are pirates.but those who want to leave piracy can use Linux.

*wholesalers123.tripod.com
But I hope assemblers association of the state should install Linux distros like ubuntu,fedora etc.dont install even if customer insists on windows pirated!