Victor Hugo Juarez
wanimanews@gmail.com
with BSA information
· It is presumed to be engaged illegally breeding, sale and use of pirated software
· This is the first anti-piracy action undertaken at the regional level involving piracy of Windows 7 the newest Microsoft operating system recently launched
• The use of copied or counterfeit software implies greater exposure to viruses, no warranties and damage computer equipment
Guatemala, December 29, 2009 .- After several days of investigations, the Intellectual Property Office and the Research Department of the Public Ministry, carried out an operation of software piracy in a shop located in Zone 2 of Mixco, which is dedicated to the reproduction, sale and use illegal software.
In coordination with the Office and agents of the National Civil Police MP raided these facilities to prevent further distributing pirated software. On site, there were seizures of pirated software, equipment and several people will be subject to legal process. In Guatemala, Article 274 of the Penal Code, proposes jail terms of up to 4 years and fines of 500,000 quetzales for violating copyright in whole or in part, including reproduction of software.
According to blankets located in local advertising, the trade settled for a value of 150 quetzales, the newly released operating system Windows 7 from Microsoft, as well as Office 2007 program and a scanner. Have been strengthened and intensified inter-agency efforts with the goal of reducing software piracy in the country and also comply with the commitments acquired by the DR-CAFTA on intellectual property.
piracy has serious consequences
In the specific case of software piracy affects each and every one of the players in the industry: software developers, distributors, owners of commercial establishments and consumers. At day's end consumers and the economies of the countries are most affected, since a high piracy rate away foreign investment, discourages innovation, negatively impacts recovery taxes and generally creates a bad image of the country.
According to the annual global study of software piracy in 2008 conducted by the IDC - the software piracy rate in Guatemala is 81 percent, which means that approximately 8 out of 10 computers have installed at least one pirate-This program shows a growth rate of a point relative to 2007, which places Guatemala in the list of countries with the highest rate of software piracy worldwide.
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