[kictanet] Fwd: Gorbachev wades into piracy row

[Alex Gakuru]

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Alex Gakuru <alex.gakuru at yahoo.com> wrote:                         [BBC Online]
 
 Gorbachev wades into piracy row
 
 Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has urged Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates to intercede in a computer piracy case against a Russian headteacher.  The plea came in an open letter published on Mr Gorbachev's website. 
  Microsoft representatives in Russia brought the case against Alexander Ponosov, accused of running pirated software on school computers. 
  Russian President Vladimir Putin has also criticised the prosecution of Mr Ponosov, in Perm, east of Moscow.  
  Mr Gorbachev's letter, on the website run by his charitable foundation, said "many people in Russia regard this scandalous case as trumped-up, launched on the initiative of Microsoft corporation to set a precedent". 
  'Show mercy' 
  "We have great respect for the work of Microsoft's programmers... and are in no way casting doubt on the principle of punishment for intellectual property violations. 
  "However, in this case we ask you to show mercy and withdraw your complaint against Alexander Ponosov," the letter read. 
  Mr Gorbachev said that under Russian criminal law the teacher could face "imprisonment in Siberian camps". 
  The Perm region lies in the Ural Mountains, between Moscow and Siberia. 
  Microsoft accuses the teacher of knowingly using pirated Windows software in the school and causing the company losses put at 266,000 roubles ($10,000; £5,000). 
  Mr Ponosov says he is innocent, that the software had been pre-installed and he did not know it was unlicensed when he obtained the computers. 
  At his news conference on 1 February, President Putin said investigators should "go after the distributors, not the users". 
  "It's ridiculous to just arrest a chap for using computers," he said. 
 
 < http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6332441.stm >
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 Alex Gakuru
 
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