M$ goes pirate hunting
 

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MIGHTYSOFT filed 52 lawsuits in 22 countries against software sales outfits who it reckons have sold counterfeit its software online.

Volish investigations have, it claims, unearthed a Chinese syndicate flogging bent Windowses willy-nilly.

"The criminal syndicate broken up this past summer by Chinese law enforcement and the FBI was linked to a significant amount of illegitimate Internet activity," proclaimed David Finn, an anti-piracy and anti-counterfeiting vole.

Some 15 of the 52 lawsuits were related to the syndicate, which is reckoned to be the biggest yet threatened with the Law According to the Vole.

"We have a responsibility to help combat cyber-pirates who operate without borders and attempt to deceive unsuspecting software consumers around the world, " affirmed Finn the Vole.

The INQuirer