Pirated Softwares to get alerts from June

Are you using pirated software? If so, you may get some unwanted attention from the software manufacturer until you switch to a genuine product. While genuine Windows users will be left undisturbed, users of pirated software will get regular alerts which read thus: “This copy of Windows is not genuine; you may be a victim of software counterfeiting.”

Come June, and your pirated desktop software may cause you quite a bit of irritation. You may get a pestering pop-up box that will remind you during start-up, log-in and at regular intervals, while you use the software, that yours is a pirate version.

In India, piracy accounts for over 70% of software usage. Says Sandeep Mehrotra, country sales manager, Adobe Systems - India: “The IT industry loses significantly every year on account of software piracy. With lower legal sales, industry growth tends to suffer.” But Mehrotra also feels that the situation is a result of the ignorance of people who indulge in piracy.

Detailed story @ Economic Times