Microsoft helps nab $900M piracy ring (The State)
Near-perfect knockoffs of 21 different Microsoft programs began surfacing around the world just over a decade ago. Soon, PCs in more than a dozen countries were running illegal copies of Windows and Office, turning unwitting consumers into criminals and, Microsoft says, exposing them to increased risk of malicious viruses and spyware. The case began to turn in 2001 when U.S. Customs officers ...
