Software pirate’s sentence comes into force

The sentence passed upon A.Galaktionov came into effect. The public prosecution authorities for Yamalo-Nenetskiy Autonomous Region report the man was found guilty of disseminating pirated copies of Microsoft and 1C software that he had copied from the Internet. This means Galaktionov violated the copyright regulations and did Microsoft and 1C 160,000 RUR and 600,000 RUR worth of damage, respectively.

The pirated copies were destroyed, while Salekhard court’s ruling gave the offender year of suspended sentence and a 120,000-ruble fine.

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