Thread: Microsoft Says Mexican Drug Carels Selling Fake Software

By Heather Smith, Bloomberg

Thursday, February 3 2011

Headline News

Microsoft Corp., the world’s largest software maker, showed a fake copy of its Office 2007 software found for sale on the streets of Mexico and “brazenlyâ€

This news really show just how much danger we all are living with in this Country. Illegal immigrants are robbing the U.S. and its citizens blind, which is steady incrasing daily.

Sad:

Don't think for one minute that Microsoft won't have something done about it.

Don't think for one minute that Microsoft won't have something done about it.

Very true!!

Originally Posted by swatchick

Don't think for one minute that Microsoft won't have something done about it.

MS won't do anything.

In all of Asia one needs to just go to the local street corner downtown and some places even in malls to see stores with tons of pirated computer software, games, movies, music, the works. Most Asian countries its hard finding legit copies even considering a pirated copy often costs between $2-5 while a legit copy from $50-$1000 for some of the really big programs. Sure theres the risk of a virus but the risk for most is far less then the cost of legit software. Consider for the cost of 1 legit computer software item I could have 1 pirated of that and 30-40 other pirated items for the same cost.

MS hasn't done anything but build new security features which are often cracked within days or a week of release. China is also the #1 creator of pirated goods with India as #2.

Add in the losses from fake prescriptions or prescriptions under patent in the US that are duplicated in China along with basically any other technology.

The US loses hundreds of billions a year because of it if not more.

Originally Posted by ReformUSA2012

Originally Posted by swatchick

Don't think for one minute that Microsoft won't have something done about it.

MS won't do anything.

In all of Asia one needs to just go to the local street corner downtown and some places even in malls to see stores with tons of pirated computer software, games, movies, music, the works. Most Asian countries its hard finding legit copies even considering a pirated copy often costs between $2-5 while a legit copy from $50-$1000 for some of the really big programs. Sure theres the risk of a virus but the risk for most is far less then the cost of legit software. Consider for the cost of 1 legit computer software item I could have 1 pirated of that and 30-40 other pirated items for the same cost.

MS hasn't done anything but build new security features which are often cracked within days or a week of release. China is also the #1 creator of pirated goods with India as #2.

Add in the losses from fake prescriptions or prescriptions under patent in the US that are duplicated in China along with basically any other technology.

The US loses hundreds of billions a year because of it if not more.

Actually ICE shuts many of them down and they just reappear.

Its impossible to shut down is why. The only way is by the US Government putting major pressure which means tarriffs or bans on goods to and from said country as a way to deter. Without that nothing will change.

The reason in the US that piracy is lower is that many people while know how and may even like the idea of stiffing the man its just not worth their time. If you can walk to the nearest corner or see a pirated shop in the mall its no time involved but if you have to search the net, download, test, figure out how to install, and then ontop pray for no virus's its a fair bit of work vs just paying $1 and your set. The US worries about virus's more as we use our computers for personal and financial information as well while many foreign piracy countries don't as much or don't have our risk exposure.

But still until as a country we crack down heavily on countries that don't crack down on piracy of our products nothing will change.

Bill and Melinda Gates give millions to la raza. Directly or indirectly, the culture of Mexico will bite any hand that feeds them.

Mexicans have no respect for ANY of our laws.

let's report the drug cartels to: http://www.siia.net/piracy/report/soft/

and we can get up to a million dollar reward. LOL