Thanks to Randy for
this link.
“Prosecutors announced Tuesday that they had recorded and were
investigating 406 crimes involving infringement of intellectual
property rights including the making of illegal copies of computer
programmes…”
“Ministries and universities are especially on alert over the
prosecution’s probe. The Ministry of Education (MOE) deleted all
its pirated software from 500 computers and replaced it at a cost
of W75 million, as did the Ministry of Health and welfare to the
tune of W150 million.
“In a survey by Seoul National University’s (SNU) engineering
school it was revealed that more than 10,000 computers needed their
Windows 98 operating program replacing as they were all using
illegal copies. At Yonsei, 880 office and 1,700 educational
computers needed replacement software.”