Microsoft Grants Indonesian Pirates Amnsety

The software pirates in this case are the government of Indonesia, a sovereign nation. Microsoft could not get the government to pay for all the stolen software, so it is settling for a token payment and a promise for the government to come clean and actually buy Microsoft products going forward.

Software piracy is estimated at $38 billion a year. That represents more than 5% of the U.S. balance of payments deficit.

-- Peter S. Kastner