4-D Shevchenko Avenue, Odesa, 65044
e-mail: news@prichernomorie.com.ua
tel.: (048) 776-13-13, 776-14-14
en.prichernomorie.com.ua

Microsoft Ukraine: The country has most of all pirate torrent resources
14:43 / 15.03.2011

ODESA, MARCH 15th, 2011, CONTEXT-PRICHERNOMORIE — The majority of pirate torrent resources are located in Ukraine, Context-Prichernomorie correspondent reports.

Yuriy Omelchenko, chief of Microsoft Ukraine Department for Intellectual Property Protection, has stated it today, 15 March, at a press conference in Odesa.

“Internet piracy and absence of any fighting mechanisms against it on the territory of Ukraine is our biggest problems. Everyone knows there are a lot of resources in Ukraine well known the biggest pirates in the world now. These resources are available, and they are available exactly on Ukrainian territory. Moreover, the majority of resources that previously hosted in Russia, also moved here”, he said.

The company representative added about 37% of this kind of resources are now in Ukraine, 25% in Russia and 6% in Germany, the country ranks third on this list.