Recently a Russian court imposed a 5,000-ruble fine on Alexander Ponosov, director of secondary school in Sepychevo-village of Perm district, for utilizing unlicensed software of Microsoft. The judge reportedly said that Ponosov had admitted his guilt under Clause 146 of the RF Criminal Code, which expounds the highest sentence of five-year captivity for violating copyright. The judge further explained that Microsoft had lost 266,000 rubles due to the actions of school director, who was imposed fine for it. Both Ponosov and prosecutors appealed the first verdict taken for the school director, against whom the trial had been halted for petty crime reasons. Ponosov was reported to have said that he had gone to set off a repeated trial seeking to be admitted not blameworthy in part and in whole. It was the supplying firm that deployed the software on PCs bought by his school, the director purported to substantiate his standing.