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Article: Microsoft Works to Thwart Software Piracy in Connecticut and Rhode Island.
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- PR Newswire
- Article date:
- October 27, 1999
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Illegal Software Distribution Costs These Two New England States More Than
2,500 Jobs
PROVIDENCE, R.I., Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) today filed five lawsuits against software resellers in Connecticut and Rhode Island as part of its ongoing effort to protect consumers and honest resellers from the detrimental effects of software piracy. The lawsuits were filed against three resellers in Connecticut and two resellers in Rhode Island for allegedly distributing counterfeit software and/or installing unlicensed software on computers.
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