YEREVAN, JULY 12, NOYAN TAPAN. Microsoft through its website started using an anti-pirate system, which does not permit users of unlicensed operation system to renew or to charge program production from the above mentioned site, as well as warning that 30 days are given for charging the licensed operation system. After that term a computer can be turned on only in the regime of safe mode and the possibility to enter Internet for the user to have a possibility to get the licensed system for installation. Grigor Barseghian, the Director of Microsoft RA (the Armenian branch of the Microsoft company) said this on July 11. In his words, all shops selling computers in Armenia have the possibility to buy licensed programs from the BiLine company, the official distributer of Microsoft's production in Armenia. It was mentioned that Microsoft RA works with big companies, banks, communication sphere operators, which receive Microsoft's licensed programs on special conditions. In G. Barseghian's words, according to the data of the Business Software Alliance international organization, Armenia takes the first place by the level of piracy among 123 countries, which is equal to 95%. He reminded that according to the Criminal Code, use of the object of copyright amounting to 200 thousand drams and more (nearly 600 USD) is punished by 2 years' imprisonment. G. Barseghian assured that the company is not going to use punitive sanctions in Armenia, but intends to gradually establish use of licensed computer programs in Armenia.

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