Microsoft, piracy, and independent media in Kyrgyzstan

http://cpj.org/blog/2010/04/microsoft-piracy-and-independent-media-in-kyrgyzst.php
Date Written:  2010-04-14
Publisher:  Committee to Protect Journalists
Year Published:  2010
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX11811

Selective enforcement of alleged software infringement is being used with some frequency in the former Soviet republics as cover to harass independent media. Local law enforcement officials have been given broad powers, in the name of fighting piracy, to raid premises and seize hardware. For the most part, Western companies and governments have encouraged this broadening of powers.

Subject Headings

• Censorship
• Kyrgyzstan
• Political Repression
• Software Industry
• Software Licensing