Adobe planted two Muscovites

For the first time, Adobe Systems was able to send Russians to prison for piracy. Two Muscovites were sentenced to 1.5 and 2 years in prison. Ekaterina Gromova, head of the anti-piracy department at Adobe, told this in an interview with the Vedomosti newspaper with pride .

The names of the convicts are not called. The information has already been confirmed by an employee of the Investigation Department of the UPC in Moscow, who also wished to remain anonymous.

According to Adobe, in the II quarter. In 2009, the investigating authorities opened 153 criminal cases on the sale and illegal installation of its programs. In relation to employees of organizations using unlicensed Adobe software, 10 criminal cases were initiated. The total cost of the "stolen" software exceeds $ 500 thousand.
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According to informed sources, recently Russians have often been condemned for piracy. But usually the court is limited to conditional punishment. Only foreign citizens and those who have already had a criminal record are sent to prison. In both cases, the court does not have the right to apply a conditional sentence.