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2009年1月1日,9:17 美国东部时间
作者：Yukari Iwatani kane
微软集团称中国将11人定罪为制造和销售假冒的微软软件，并称这笔软件价值20亿美元。
这个判决最短的有一年半，最长的达六年半。它是中国针对这种犯罪进行过的最严厉的判决，微软说。
这个造假集团涉嫌发售19种假冒的高质量产品，包括Windows XP, Windows Vista, 和Office 2007,涉及11种语言和36个国家。它制造的软件仅仅在美国就出现在至少300个城市。
长期以来，中国猖獗的盗版软件一直在给像微软这样的公司制造麻烦，因为中国至今才开始对知识产权罪犯作严肃处理。这些公司多年来在一直给政府施压，要求打击盗版电影、音乐和软件。
“我希望这是一个例子，表示着不断加强的国际合作和对知识产权保护的承诺,"微软全球反假冒盗版助理法律顾问大卫芬兰说。
此前，微软公司曾经说过该团伙的25名成员于2007年被中国当局逮捕，当时联邦调查局和中国公共安全部门进行了一个联合调查。微软自2001年后就一直在追踪这个团团伙。
芬兰先生说这个团伙的工厂的生产能力比微软自己在欧洲，中东和非洲的设施的生产能力还要强。
该公司说,上万名在此次调查中作出了帮助的顾客使用它的反盗版技术来确定他们软件是否是正版。
上百万顾客从经销商、配件商和其他组织那里购买了软件，以为他们所购买的是正版的。
联系作者邮箱：yukari.iwatani@wsj.com
原文：
China Convicts 11 in Software-Piracy Case By Yukari Iwatani Kane
[size=1.3em]Microsoft Corp. said a court in China convicted 11 people for manufacturing and distributing counterfeit Microsoft software that the company valued at $2 billion.
[size=1.3em]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.
[size=1.3em]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.
[size=1.3em]Rampant software piracy in China has long been an issue for companies like Microsoft because China has until now tended to be lenient with offenders of intellectual property rights. Companies have been pressuring the government for years to crackdown on the piracy of movies, music and computer software.
[size=1.3em]"I hope that this is an example of a continuation of increased international collaboration and commitment to protecting intellectual property," said David Finn, associate general counsel for worldwide anti-piracy and anti-counterfeiting at Microsoft.
[size=1.3em]The Redmond, Wash., company said 25 members of the syndicate were arrested by Chinese authorities in July 2007 after a joint investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and China's Public Security Bureau. Microsoft had been tracking the group since 2001.
[size=1.3em]Mr. Finn said the group had a bigger factory production capacity than Microsoft's own production facilities in Europe, Middle East and Africa.
[size=1.3em]The company said tens of thousands of customers helped in the investigation by using its anti-piracy technology to verify whether their software was genuine or not.
[size=1.3em]Millions of customers bought the software from resellers, system builders and other organizations, thinking they were genuine, Microsoft said.
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