Windows 7 pirated "flash" over Zhongguancun

Microsoft's next-generation Windows operating system for sale Reporters can buy a "cheap version" of 50 yuan ---

Microsoft's next-generation Windows operating system Windows7 has just been released, piracy has appeared in Zhongguancun.

On Friday, Microsoft officially released Win-dows7 in China, with a minimum price of 399 yuan. The next day, the newspaper received a report from readers that it had bought pirated copies. For this, the reporter went to Zhongguancun to find out.

In the Hailong Electronic Mall, the reporter asked the software counter one by one as a buyer, “Is there any piracy”, and the merchants hurriedly waved their hands. "Genuine is out, when can there be piracy?" After several inquiries, a merchant finally said the inside story: Recently, the Zhongguancun area is strictly checking piracy, especially for Win-dows 7, who would dare to sell a fine. 100,000 yuan.

When there was not much time, a middle-aged woman came forward and whispered to the reporter: "I have any version there."

The reporter followed her to a corner of the mall. After that, the woman took out an unpackaged DVD disc with the words "Windows7" ​​marked with a black pen on the disc cover.

It is such a "super-simplified" Windows 7 installation disk, the asking price is as high as 50 yuan, and the price of an ordinary pirated software disk in the Zhongguancun area is no more than 10 yuan.

According to the woman, before the official release of Windows 7, they have started to buy pirated copies, but they are all tested versions. After the official version was released on Friday, they immediately got the official version of the pirated disk. This disk is the same as the genuine one, but the pirate maker has added the activation patch and can use it without the serial number.

After purchasing this CD, the reporter went home and put it into the CD-ROM drive. It was found that the CD-ROM content was the official version of Windows 7, and it could be installed normally.

Business Attitude

Microsoft has not applied for counterfeiting at the moment

"It is impossible to sell a pirated penalty of 100,000." The relevant person in charge of the Haidian Industrial and Commercial Branch said in the morning, " According to the relevant laws and regulations, we can't impose fines on merchants in violation of the relevant laws and regulations."

According to the Trademark Law, the industrial and commercial department can impose a fine of less than three times the illegal business amount on merchants selling pirated products, if the illegal business amount Can not calculate, then will be fined less than 100,000 yuan. The huge amount of illegal business will be transferred to the public security organs for processing.

The person in charge also said that Microsoft has not applied for Haidian Industrial and Commercial Branch for law enforcement inspection and counterfeiting against Windows7 piracy. "We received reports from the public and sent out law enforcement inspections. But whether it is pirated or not, Microsoft needs to cooperate with the inspection."

Microsoft responds

Black screen with piracy

Today In the morning, the reporter contacted the Microsoft anti-piracy hotline. After recording the situation described by the reporter, the staff said that they would investigate this.

So, is Windows 7 piracy really cracked? In this regard, Microsoft technical staff said that Windows7 contains anti-piracy technology, computer users will encounter black screen prompts when using pirated.

The staff reminded that the piracy system was poorly secured and the data could not be updated in time. For enterprise users, the cost of post-production maintenance using piracy far exceeds that of genuine software.

For individual users, although there is no post-maintenance problem, the use of piracy will not be able to get a lot of technical support from Microsoft.