Software Pirate

Los Angeles, CA: (May-22-07) The Software&Information Industry Association (SIIA) trade group filed suit against a software pirate who sold illegal copies of Symantec Corp. software on the online auction site eBay Inc. In the lawsuit, the SIIA charged the defendant with infringing on Symantec's copyrights and trademarks in such titles as Norton PartitionMagic, Norton AntiVirus, pcAnywhere and Norton SystemWorks, as well as illegally reselling OEM, unbundled and counterfeit software. The case was originally filed in US District Court in the Central District of California as part of the SIIA's Auction Litigation Program, which was started to monitor online auction sites for illegal software sales and file related lawsuits on behalf of member vendors. Sources claim that some 90% of the software sold on auction sites such as eBay is counterfeit. In a settlement reached, the pirate agreed to pay a $205,000 fine. The SIIA, which filed the suit on behalf of Symantec, a SIIA member, said the defendant has also agreed to assist authorities in identifying the parties who actually made and distributed the illegal software that was sold. Keith Kupferschmid, senior vice president of intellectual property for the Washington-based SIIA, said the name and location of the defendant is being kept secret under the terms of the settlement. [COMPUTER WORLD: SOFTWARE PIRATE]

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Published on May-23-07