Monday, November 19, 2001

Feds make record counterfeit software seizure California law enforcement officials made the largest seizure of counterfeit software in U.S. history, estimated to be worth about $100 million. The products, which originated in Taiwan, included about 31,000 high-quality copies of Microsoft's Windows Millennium Edition and 2000 Professional operating systems and tens of thousands of copies of Symantec security software. "They look so good that the purchaser would not know it was counterfeit," said Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca. Some of the bogus discs even carried the "Do not make illegal copies of this disc" warning. Authorities have arrested three people on bribery conspiracy and smuggling charges, and another has been charged with state violations of counterfeiting a registered trademark. [AP 16 Nov 2001; NewsScan Daily, 19 Nov 2001 http://news.excite.com/news/ap/011116/20/counterfeit-software] ["NewsScan" via risks-digest Volume 21, Issue 75] 0:00 # G!