Entries from Shanghaiist tagged with 'software'
September 25, 2008
It's widely known that Microsoft has taken a fairly laxed approach to software piracy in China. Bill Gates has even admitted to Fortune Magazine last year that "while it was terrible that people in China pirated so much software, if they were going to pirate anybody's software he'd certainly prefer it be Microsoft's." It seems that after years of piracy, Microsoft has turned on its marketing machine and launched a one-week campaign during China's National......
Continue Reading "Microsoft offering heavily discounted software during the National Day holiday"August 20, 2008
Two Shanghai software professionals have been deemed guilty of copyright infringement after selling pirated Microsoft programs. According to Shanghai Daily, the pair had bought genuine Microsoft software to get a permission agreement and added pirated software to it to make buyers believe they were buying the genuine article.Although we're used to hearing about Chinese copyright infringement, the China Tech News reports that a majority of pirated Olympic broadcasts were made outside of China: About 1,600......
Continue Reading "China Tech Roundup: Pirated Olympics, emotional damages, and wireless Guangdong"