Microsoft calls for curbing privacy, creating jobs
Published on Wed, Nov 08, 2006 at 08:29 | Source : Moneycontrol.com
Updated at Wed, Nov 08, 2006 at 08:52
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Microsoft calls for curbing privacy, creating jobs
There is a direct correlation between curbing piracy and job creation. If the piracy is down by about 10 per cent from 72 per cent now in India, it could potentially create over one lakh jobs and generate about $5 billion in revenue.
There is a direct correlation between curbing piracy and job creation. If the piracy is down by about 10% from 72% now in India, it could potentially create over one lakh jobs and generate about $5 billion in revenue.
Given such a backdrop and potential for intellectual property (IP) creation in the country and linking this to product development work, Microsoft Indian Development Centre (MIDC) in Hyderabad, its largest outside the Redmond shores, which currently employs about 1,500 plus people, expects to step up this number to about 4,500-5,000 by potentially creating about seven or eight additional towers.
The MIDC works on a range of products and is a pioneer in patent filing in India and accounts for over 100 of them.
Strict implementation
The Director of Genuine Software Initiative (S), Microsoft Corporation (India), Mr Brian J. Campbell, said it is estimated that the Indian product development market is poised to touch $8-11 billion and if this target is to be achieved, there is need for stringent implementation of IP laws. Indian IP laws are amongst the best anywhere in the world and the issue relates to its effective implementation.
