Russia in the top sales of pirated products from Microsoft

In a blog tied to the news about MS - neowin - there was news that says that according to the latest research done by Microsoft itself, Russia is the most “pirating” country.


According to Assotiated Press , Microsoft inspected 2500+ retail outlets in 53 cities of Russia over the past few months and found out that a quarter of all MS products sold are pirated copies. The verification, codenamed Mystery Shopper, also showed that 11% of retailers offer installation services for pirated copies on buyers' cars.

“A few years ago, many stores sold pirated copies,” said Denis Goose, head of sales for licensed products. “Now there are significantly fewer such points. And most retailers sell only licensed products. ”
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On the RIA Novosti website, Yuri Zlobin, the head of the anti-piracy organization Russian Shield, doubts the results of the study, saying that only 10% of points of sale sell licensed products, so the real situation could be much worse.

Despite the fact that Russia was part of a large-scale verification, Siberia and the Far East showed 71% of pirated products, according to Microsoft itself.
Disregarding the most pirate countries (Armenia, Bangladesh, Georgia, and Zimbabwe showed 90% of sales of pirated products), which showed an even higher percentage of sales of pirated products, Russia still entered the TOP of pirated countries, and the total losses from piracy totaled $ 53 billion. 2008

ADD1 Meanwhile, a new update is released that recognizes the majority of pirated 7-kits activations made with the help of loaders and other dirty tricks.