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Subject: [ISN] Iranian Government Runs Public Warez Server
From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews ! org>
Date: 2010-08-27 5:57:05
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.61.1008270056550.24174 () conundrum ! infosecnews ! org
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By Ernesto
torrentfreak.com
August 24, 2010
The Iranian Research Organization for Science and Technology is directly
connected to the Iranian Government. Aside from evaluating and advising
policy makers on science and technology issues, the largest research
outfit in the country also provides a warez server where Photoshop, MS
Office and many other applications can be downloaded for free, totally
legal thanks to Iran's lenient copyright policy.
In most of the western world the actions of the Iranian Government are
often met with skepticism. Foreign governments get an uneasy feeling
when Iran opens a nuclear facility, fearing it might lead to a nuclear
arms program that would be an international threat.
Aside from nuclear issues, Iran has gained a bad reputation for
censoring the public in its own country. These censorship issues reached
new highs last year during the election protests, where the Government
went as far as cutting citizens' Internet access.
For copyright holders worldwide, the Iranian Government poses a
significant threat. The country's copyright law is set up to protect all
copyrighted works produced by Iranians, but not those by creators from
other countries.
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