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Hey look at that. Good journalism still has a place in this fast paced, linked up, tweeted world we live in. I don't often say this but grats, nyt.

• pvg 16y ago
  http://baikalwave.blogspot.com/2010/07/police-finally-return-illegally-seized.html http://baikalwave.blogspot.com/2010/07/police-finally-return... The whole incident started and (mostly, but not entirely) concluded months before the NYT published anything about it, in this fast-paced, linked up, tweeted world we live in.
  • SwellJoe 16y ago
    But, it took an article in the NYT to get a response out of Microsoft.
    • pvg 16y ago
      There was already a response from Microsoft - their NGO discount program was in place, they claim to advise governments to focus enforcement efforts on the producers rather than consumers of pirated software and so on. It's great they've responded again and perhaps more stridently and publicly. But I have a hard time believing this sort of thing helps much with the fundamental problem which is an authoritarian and coercive government. And I think it's naive to expect that it would.
      • siculars 16y ago
        Obviously we can expect nothing from Russia except more of the same. Nevertheless, this kind of press moves the needle as evidenced by the prompt reply from Microsoft.