Russian school principal convicted of using unlicensed Windows

Aleksandr Ponosov, a village school prinicipal sued for unlincesed Windows on school computers, was found guilty. The court evaluated Microsoft's loss at 266,000 rubles and sentenced Ponosov to 5,000 rubles penalty, although the company had no money claims to the convict and said it would be satisfied with his public apology. Still we may consider Aleksandr Ponosov lucky for he was sued before the new law with 5 years imprisonment for copyright violation came into force.