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Teacher Avoids Getting Sent to Siberia For Piracy
Piracy Support Line writes "Russian principal Alexander Ponosov will not be visiting Siberia any time soon, at least not for the allegedly illegal Microsoft software that were preloaded on the computers they bought and Microsoft supported the reseller's story. Although Bill Gates rejected Mikhail Gorbachev's personal appeal for mercy on behalf of the teacher, the judge was kinder. Judge Elvira Mosheva decided to dismiss the case because 'Microsoft's financial damage is too insignificant for a criminal investigation.'"
"If her claims are true"? If? If!
I'll give you an "if". If she goes to jail over this, I'll pour hot grits down my pants. If she doesn't, you abase yourself before all of Slashdot and publicly state you're a fool for believing crap like this.
Don't blame me, I didn't vote for either of them!
Wich means that is MS is copying the evil from disney they are really copying the evil from Steve Jobs/Apple. Not only does this mean that MS ALWAYS copies from Apple but also that Apple is the original evil.
It all makes sense now.
If you think about it, the "desktop" was developed by a copy company yet you can go to jail for copying it.
MMO Quests are like orgasms:
You may solo them, I prefer them in a group.
Some are suggesting here that Microsoft could have prevented the prosecution, or turned the publicity to their benefit. Perhaps there are other Russian legal matters that they think American corporations should be encouraged to stick their oar in on? The word "AllofMP3" ring any bells?
If Microsoft had not stuck their oar in in the first place there would have been no prosecution at all. The only reason countries are passing draconian laws regarding copyright is because of direct interference/pressure/threats by US corporations and the US government. Microsoft has been at the forefront of this from the beginning. They are the ones who "innovated" the idea that this was stealing and started this whole business of software not being owned and requiring a license instantly revocable without cause from the manufacturer, the violation of which (or continued use if revoked) being treated as theft. They stuck their dick out in the first place trying to fuck this teacher and send him to the gulag, they could sure as hell pull it back out again and let him be.