This operation was conducted

Piracy remains on the agenda. it was learned that the National Police arrested people in various provinces in Spain accused of crimes against intellectual property in an

operation against installing pirate software downloaded from the Internet in various computer

stores. The damage caused by these practices is not trivial, since the agents estimate that the

damage caused to the owners of the rights could amount to more than euro. A total of

products were seized, including ...

The investigation is framed within the operation that officials called Owl was launched in

mid-after the legitimate holders of the rights of software denounce some fourteen companies

that allegedly installing software unlawfully. So, eleven records were made in Madrid, Barcelona,

Andalusia and Murcia, which involved approximately carriers in which they were stored copies

of software, which was later recorded for customers.

Each of these 's intervened contain a compilation of programs that amount to more than

illegal copies, with corresponding compenentes aimed at eliminating anti-copying

protections to neutralize the security measures and allow the functionality of the same. In

addition, it intervened documentation that proves the practice of these facts by companies

surveyed detected.

The agents also conducted preventive actions against the distribution of malware, programs that

allow users outside infiltrate a computer without the knowledge of its owner and with very

different purposes that can facilitate the capture of sensitive data. According to police sources

indicated pirated software comes from illegal Internet downloads it could accommodate the above

malware. Accordingly, the police arrested people who are accused of crimes against

intellectual property. This operation was conducted by the Anti-In...