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Udayan Gupta
Microsoft Keen On Protecting Its Intellectual Property
Fear of software piracy has turned Microsoft into a global bully. Newer technology giants should heed the lesson.
Udayan Gupta December 17, 2025
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Microsoft founder and chairman Bill Gates poses at an undisclosed location on Sept. 29, 2009. Gates appears in the film "Waiting for Superman" about the troubled state of American public schools. Source: Paramount Pictures via Bloomberg EDITOR'S NOTE: NO SALES. EDITORIAL USE WITH PREVIEW/REVIEW OF FILM ONLY.

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