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15 Jun 2005, 10:21pm
Microsoft sued four small software retailers in California and Virginia on Wednesday for selling pirated software. The software giant said it had received complaints from consumers and businesses who had purchased software from CEO Microsystems and Wiston Group Inc. in California. Microsoft said it began investigating the complaints from customers who had bought software from the stores and tried to register it, unsuccessfully.
"In filing these lawsuits, we hope to curb the amount of pirated and counterfeit software on the market and keep illegal software from finding its way into the hands of unknowing consumers and businesses," Mary Jo Schrade, a senior attorney at Microsoft, said in a statement.
Source: Reuters (http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=8801872)
"In filing these lawsuits, we hope to curb the amount of pirated and counterfeit software on the market and keep illegal software from finding its way into the hands of unknowing consumers and businesses," Mary Jo Schrade, a senior attorney at Microsoft, said in a statement.
Source: Reuters (http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=8801872)