Illegal software peddlers convicted

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Two Indian men, Mkhael Malhotra (21) and Rajeev Kumar (31), and their company, Micro IT were yesterday convicted of criminal copyright infringement in a case involving the uploading of pirated Microsoft Office 2003 and Windows XP programmes without the consent or authority of the Microsoft Corporation.

Malhotra, also the director of Micro IT Company, and Kumar, entered a guilty plea to one count each of selling infringing copies contrary to Section 31 (1) of the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Act, Cap 68:02 of the Laws of Botswana.

The Village Chief Magistrate, Lot Moroka, convicted the individuals and ordered that the accused persons be fingerprinted to check their previous convictions. The accused were ordered to forfeit copies of the infringed goods, which were used as exhibits in court.

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