A court in China has convicted 11 people for pirating Microsoft software, reports the Wall Street Journal:
The sentences, which Microsoft said were the toughest yet for this type of crime in China, ranged from a year-and-a-half to six-and-a-half years. The company characterized it as the largest software counterfeiting case yet in terms of lost sales.
The counterfeiting syndicate involved in the case was found to have distributed high-quality fake versions of 19 products including Windows XP, Windows Vista and Office 2007, in at least 11 languages in 36 countries, Microsoft said. Software made by the syndicate was identified in more than 300 different cities in the U.S. alone, the company added.
