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Новица Наков novica at bagra.net.mk
Sat Aug 30 00:29:08 UTC 2003


Three years ago, Microsoft negotiated a $3 million settlement with the 
government of Macedonia, one of the single largest abusers of intellectual 
property rights in this tiny country. More than 1 percent of Macedonia's 
GDP is said by various observers to be derived from software and digital 
content piracy. 
(Од http://samvak.tripod.com/brief-microsoft01.html)

Microsoft's office in Skopje, Macedonia, is so new, in fact, that media 
requests are now being handled through a local PR agency, Publicis. 
According to spokesman Sasho Duljanov, Microsoft will try to appease the 
locals by, "developing programs for support of educational institutions," 
and through "...transfer of IT know-how to users through local
(Од http://www.washtimes.com/upi-breaking/20030808-042156-5360r.htm)




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