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Bulgarian police seize illegal software worth $150 000

Thu, Jan 28 2010 13:57 CET

byRene Beekman

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Bulgarian police seize illegal software worth $150 000

 
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After several months of investigation, Bulgarian police have confiscated software said to be worth more than $150 000.

Organised crime units of the police, together with the prosecutor's office, seized 18 servers and computer stations from the offices of an unnamed design company in the Bulgarian capital.

According to a media statement released by the Interior Ministry, the computers contained installed illegal software, including AutoCad, AutoDesk, CorelDraw, Windows, Microsoft Office 2007 and Adobe Acrobat Professional, among others, with a total value said to exceed $150 000.

The only details released about the company were that it was active in the field of telecommunications and network security.

The seizure was part of a strategy set out by the Council for the protection of intellectual property under the Culture Ministry and performed in co-ordination with the Interior Ministry and organised crime units of the Bulgarian police.

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Anonymous peter Fri, Jan 29 2010 18:49 CET
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Anything new? Did anyone ever check the personal computers of all the people involved in this investigation?

Anonymous UndertheCovers Thu, Jan 28 2010 18:56 CET
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How do you seize software? I presume the company's hardware has also been seized. Interesting to know what will happen to it.

It is more than a little worrying that a police force as badly regulated as the Bulgarian now has the right to take away your computer because you don't have correct software licences.

In this case it is even more worrying because as a 'telecommunications and network security' company their servers are presumably storing lots of other people's data.

Does anyone else feel that it might [...]

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