P.M. BRIEFING : Fakes Fall to New Copyright Rule
Pirated copies of computer software were pulled off store shelves today as a copyright protection agreement took effect between the United States and Indonesia.
The price of an edition of Lotus Development Corp. software shot up overnight from $1.50 for a bogus copy to $422 for the Cambridge, Mass., manufacturer’s original version.
In anticipation of the change, last-minute shoppers packed a central Jakarta computer store Saturday and Monday, snapping up all pirated software manuals in stock at unadvertised discounts, the store manager said.
The store was deserted today. Master copies of pirated software were locked away, “for our collection,” he said. Legitimate versions of WordStar 5 and Lotus 1-2-3, third release, were displayed for sale.
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