Microsoft will take legal steps against to two British companies for selling counterfeit Microsoft products.
The companies should have sold Microsoft Windows 98 OEM and Microsoft Office '97. A successful prosecution for selling counterfeit software could result in a 5,000-pound ($7,276) fine in a Magistrate Court, or a two-year jail sentence.
Microsoft has commenced legal proceedings against the directors of two Basingstoke-based companies--Pacific Computers and Taran Microsystems--for allegedly infringing its copyright and the Microsoft trademark. The claims forms were filed on Aug. 2. |
Two directors of Pacific Computers, Marc Roach and Richard Donaldson, as well as two former directors and shareholders, Andrew Miles and Simon Miles, stand charged with allegedly selling counterfeit products, including Microsoft Windows 98 OEM packs. Microsoft is investigating the full details of the company's dealings, but claims that the sales took place between July 2000 and February 2001.
Selling illegal software trough your companie is not smart, but I think it happens everywhere. The ask for cheaper software is big and nobody really cares if they get their software illegally.
Source: Cnet.com
