A software pirate has been freed by a Russian court after his crimes were deemed 'insignificant'

Russian software pirate dodges the gulag

Ponosov case dubbed 'insignificant' compared to Microsoft's bank balance

Written by Iain Thomson

vnunet.com, 19 Feb 2007

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