MyWeddingPlanner.com Web News Archive

Chinese software pirates get prison sentences (AP via Yahoo! News) - The alleged ringleaders of a Chinese counterfeiting gang that sold at least $2 billion worth of bogus Microsoft Corp. software have been sentenced to prison terms of up to 6 1/2 years, in what is believed to be the harshest penalties yet under China's tightened piracy laws.

Software-Counterfeiting Gang's Leaders Are Sentenced in China (Washington Post) - SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 31 -- The alleged ringleaders of a Chinese counterfeiting gang that sold at least $2 billion worth of bogus Microsoft software were sentenced Wednesday to prison terms of up to 6 1/2 years, in what is believed to be the harshest penalties yet under China's tightened piracy laws.

Intec software firm posts €3.8m profit (Irish Examiner) - THE Irish arm of multinational software company Intec made pre-tax profits of €3.8 million in 2007.

11 in China sentenced for software piracy (ARNnet) - Eleven members of a Chinese software piracy syndicate are sentenced to prison.

China sentences 11 for software piracy (Los Angeles Times) - The alleged ringleaders of a gang get up to 61/2 years, says Microsoft, whose products were targeted. The alleged ringleaders of a Chinese counterfeiting gang that sold at least $2 billion worth of bogus Microsoft Corp. software were sentenced Wednesday to prison terms of up to 6 1/2 years, believed to be the harshest penalties yet under China's tightened piracy laws.

MS software pirates sent to prison (China Daily) - China gave its harshest sentence yet to domestic copyright violators when the mastermind behind an 11-man Chinese gang counterfeiting Microsoft software got a punishment of six-and-a-half years imprisonment and a fine of 1.5 million yuan ($220,000).

China sentences software pirates to prison (San Francisco Chronicle) - The ringleaders of a Chinese counterfeiting gang that sold at least $2 billion worth of bogus Microsoft Corp. software were sentenced Wednesday to prison terms of up to 6 1/2 years, in what is believed to be the harshest penalties yet under China's tightened...

11 in China Sentenced for Software Piracy (PC World via Yahoo! News) - A court in Shenzhen, China, sentenced 11 members of a software counterfeiting operation Wednesday, with the defendants getting between one and a half and six and half years in prison, according to Microsoft.

DuPont's Pioneer seed unit acquires ag software firm (The Delaware Business Ledger) - DuPont's Iowa-based Pioneer Hi-Bred will acquire controlling ownership of MapShots Inc., a privately owned agricultural data management company that develops and sells proprietary crop management software. The financial terms were not disclosed.

China convicts 11 software counterfeiters (UPI) - SHANGHAI, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- U.S. software giant Microsoft said convictions announced in China Wednesday involved a software counterfeit ring with global sales of more than $2 billion.