Posted by: Captain Haddock January 30, 2007
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Kat Nepal - Firstly, an international legal framework does not exist for that type of copyright enforcement and so it is unlikely to happen anytime soon. What they might look into is applying a local pricing model so that the Rs 100 you pay ends up going to Microsoft Nepal or Microsoft South Asia instead of the guy installing pirated versions. I don't think they care enough at this point because the revenue stream is too weak from third-world markets but I do think a time is bound to come when software licensing at the enterprise level will get stricter. If you look at the US, most big software vendors go after the big fry when it comes to license enforcement - companies with a bottom line who can pay. NASCOM in India has also floated the idea of the local pricing model I mentioned above. The key here is not to go after individual users, because it becomes too expensive to do so, but rather after businesses who can afford to pay. There is no need to get everyone under the net. My 2 cents.
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