Microsoft's piracy fight gains momentum in China http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSN2127797020071221?sp=true
Fri Dec 21, 2007
By Sophie Taylor and Daisuke Wakabayashi
SHANGHAI/SEATTLE (Reuters) - In his first official visit to the United States in 2006, China President Hu Jintao arrived for dinner at Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) Chairman Bill Gates' house with a gift for the host. Shortly before Hu's Seattle visit, the Chinese government had issued a decree requiring all personal computers manufactured in China to come with a licensed operating system before leaving the factory gates.
Now, nearly two years later, that gift keeps giving. The software company co-founded by Gates is seeing the benefits of more stringent intellectual property policies in China, with a decline in piracy rates and improved results at its mainstay Windows division. http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSN2127797020071221?sp=true