Software makers Symantec and McAfee launched a crackdown on illegal Internet sales of their products Tuesday by suing suspected pirates who have set up shop on the online auction site eBay. "If online marketplaces are going to pursue the free-market ideals that they aspire to, they must make sure the products they sell are authentic," said Joe Fitzgerald of Symantec. The industry estimates it loses $11 billion to $12 billion a year from the distribution of pirated software.
May 17, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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Computer software makers launched a crackdown on illegal Internet sales of their products Tuesday by suing suspected pirates who have set up shop on the popular online auction site eBay Inc.
Usually fierce rivals Symantec and McAfee teamed up to kick off the crusade by targeting five different eBay sellers in three lawsuits filed Monday in a Los Angeles federal court.
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