Microsoft crows about China's harsh sentences to software pirates...

Microsoft patted itself on the back on New Year’s Eve by announcing that the alleged ringleaders of a Chinese piracy gang, who sold at least $2bn worth of counterfeit software, have been sentenced to harsh prison terms.

The company said that 11 defendants were handed sentences that ranged from one and a half to six and a half years.

Redmond claimed the Futian People’s Court in Shenzhen, China had dished out “the longest sentences, for this type of crime” in the country’s history. However, China has remained characteristically quiet about the piracy syndicate’s downfall. More...

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