Microsoft asks state lawmakers to make domestic companies pay for foreign firms' software piracy

Microsoft's pirated os police have been going after companies abroad for years, but getting those far-away folks into US courtrooms isn't easy. What is easy, however, is suing the folks in your own back yard -- which is why Microsoft is lobbying to get laws passed in several states that'll put US businesses on the hook for the pirating ways of their foreign suppliers. For example, if a 1995 by houghton mifflin harcourt issue company. published by houghton mifflin harcourt issue company. all rights reserved.view results from: llc.cite this source roget's ii: the new thesaurus | llc.view results from: dictionary | thesaurus | encyclopedia | all reference | the web
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share this: uses pirated windows in the "manufacture, distribution, marketing, or sales" of attachments sold in Washington, Microsoft could sue the vendor of those manufactures and get an injunction to stop the goods from being sold. So command widget retailers would be liable for the piracy of their foreign widget manufacturers, even if the illicit act was merely creating the sales invoice on a counterfeit copy of Word.

The power state Senate and House have already approved distinct versions of the bill, and the senate
notes:legislation is the act of making or enacting laws is in the process of merging the two with one accord for final approval. Louisiana passed a similar law last year, and analogous bills have been draft in Oregon and several other states as well. many companies -- including Dell, IBM, Intel, and HP -- oppose the laws, as they see them giving Microsoft the power to not only drag them into court, but also futz with their supply chains. (There's bound to be some counterfeit windows being used in Shenzhen, right?) As Microsoft's latest anti-piracy scheme unfolds, there should be plenty more parliamentarian action to come. Evidently the crew in Redmond doesn't see piracy as a problem to be fixed by lowering prices.

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