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This is the most important thing that has happened on the intellectual property front lately. Former Soviet president Gorbachev asks Microsoft's Bill Gates not to pursue IP litigation against a high school teacher in Perm who used pirated software in classroom because: - he is poor - he has dedicated his life to teaching - he was just using  pirated software, but has not installed and/or downloaded it, - because the possible punishment (imprisonment is Siberia) is disproportionate. Read more » about Turning point in copyright infringement cases