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Headteacher could be "imprisoned in Siberian Camps” for ‘pirating’ Microsoft software

Feb 6th, 2007

Alexander Ponosov, Headteacher of a small village school in Russia took delivery of 16 computers in August 2005. He says that he was unaware that the pre-installed software was pirated. It is estimated that 83% of software is pirated in Russia, and although Microsoft has decided not to file a civil lawsuit against the headteacher, he has been officially charged with violating copyright law and using pirated software.

Read the story here.

Even former Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev has asked Bill Gates to intercede on behalf of the Headteacher. In an open letter on his website.

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Gareth Davies posted this entry on Tuesday, February 6th, 2007 at 3:59 am. Posted in the category ICT and education You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.