It’s going to be tough time soon for all the vendors in U.S selling products which arrive from manufacturers who use pirated software copies of any of Microsoft’s product. It’s extremely difficult for Microsoft to go around the world and sue companies using pirated software because different laws prevail. Well, once they themselves got fined $16,000 for trying to sue pirates in India.

Microsoft is now trying to get a bill passed in the Legislature which will hold the retailers responsible for the pirated softwares being used by their manufacturers, be it in any part of the world. So if a retailer in New York is selling watches coming from China and the manufacturer at China used a pirated copy of MS Excel to send details about the products being shipped, definitely the retailer is in trouble. Once the bill is passed, Microsoft will be able to drag that retailer into the courtroom and sue him for his manufacturer.

They really hope to curb down piracy with this move. But I think this could definitely have some varied effects on the market. This bill is already facing some stiff opposition in the U.S.