A headmaster / schoolteacher named Alexander Ponosov is in a trial due to purchasing computers which has illegal version of Microsoft’s Windows operating systems. The court is charging him the equivalent of half-a-month’s salary which is equal to 266,000 rouble that Microsoft lost.

The court says that its interest is not in prosecuting schools or teachers, it is in helping students develop the technology skills they need in the 21st century.”

Microsoft had a response to this specific issue and they said “Mr. Ponosov’s case was initiated by Russian authorities under Russian law. Microsoft neither initiated nor has any plans to bring any action against Mr. Ponosov.”

This is the second time that Ponosov got in trouble with the same issue.

Source: Engadget