Microsoft is Windows 8 in China only as a download version or extradite preinstalled on devices. Thus, the company will apparently make difficult the dissemination of the new operating system as pirated. It is officially on the part of Microsoft in one email: “After discussions with our customers Microsoft has made the decision to simplify the distribution model of Windows 8 in China, by taking all the physical Windows Media from the market.” The measure should also help to protect users from malware and spyware. Windows 8 should be disseminated as a download version in China only through Microsoft’s Web sites.
Software manufacturers have continue to fight piracy in China with the issue. Distributed according to a study of Software Alliance were the business 2011 in China pirated software worth$ 9 billion, while sales of legal software in to the $ 3 billion was. Windows 7 was at the time already months before the official start as a pirated copy on the shelves of retailers.