May 21, 2008 at 16:50Operation Pi, or exchange pirates for a licensed product ABBYY
Here are the news I found out. ABBYY is holding a campaign to distribute its licensed copies of products in exchange for left-handed copies made by pirates.
Further text from here: pi.abbyy.ru
Rules for exchanging “pirated” discs for licensed software manufactured by ABBYY: The
organizer of the action is ABBYY Russia, the partner of the action is the StartMaster chain of stores.
Only CDs and DVDs illegally duplicated on industrial equipment and containing unlicensed copies of ABBYY FineReader 9.0 Professional Edition and ABBYY Lingvo 12 programs are exchangeable. CDs and DVDs with unlicensed copies of ABBYY software recorded at home are not exchangeable.
One “pirated” disc ABBYY Lingvo is FREE exchanged for one licensed copy of ABBYY Lingvo 12 English version.
One “pirated” disc ABBYY FineReader is FREE exchanged for one licensed copy of ABBYY FineReader 7.0 Home Edition.
The exchange does not take into account the total number of “pirated” discs brought. One participant in the promotion can receive only one licensed copy of ABBYY software products.
If a participant has two or more “pirated” discs ABBYY FineReader and ABBYY Lingvo, the participant decides for himself which license copy to exchange “pirated” discs for: either ABBYY Lingvo 12 English version or ABBYY FineReader 7.0 Home Edition.
You can take part in the promotion only once for the entire time of the event.
Exchange of “pirated” discs is carried out on May 24 and 25 strictly from 12-00 to 18-00 in the stores of the StartMaster network.
The action involves 3 stores of the StartMaster network located at the following addresses:
Shopping Center Gorbushkin Dvor, Pav. N2-015 Bagrationovsky proezd, d. 7
private commercial enterprise "Savyolovsky" pav.D34 / D35, 2A3, Sushchevsky shaft d. 5, p. 1A
TC "Mitinskaya radiorynok" pav.337, Pyatnickoe br., D 18 The
number of licensed discs to be exchanged for “pirated” ones is limited and amounts to 50 copies of ABBYY Lingvo 12 English version and 50 copies of ABBYY FineReader 7.0 Home Edition per day for each of the participating stores.
Exchange is subject to the availability of licensed discs at the time of presentation by the participant of a "pirated" copy. Information on the availability of licensed discs in the store can be obtained from ABBYY employees engaged in the exchange of discs.
Licensed discs are not issued in monetary terms; they are not subject to exchange or return.
In the absence of a “pirated” copy of ABBYY prize license discs at the time of presentation, the participant will be given a coupon giving the right to purchase ABBYY licensed products with a 40% discount.
You can take advantage of the discount when purchasing the following software products:
ABBYY FineReader 9.0 Professional Edition
ABBYY FineReader 7.0 Home Edition
ABBYY PDF Transformer 2.0
ABBYY Lingvo 12 English version
ABBYY Lingvo 12 European version
ABBYY Lingvo 12 Multilingual version
When exchanging pirated discs for a coupon, the number of discs brought is not taken into account. One participant can receive only one coupon for a 40% discount, regardless of the number of "pirated" discs provided to them.
Further text from here: pi.abbyy.ru
Rules for exchanging “pirated” discs for licensed software manufactured by ABBYY: The
organizer of the action is ABBYY Russia, the partner of the action is the StartMaster chain of stores.
Only CDs and DVDs illegally duplicated on industrial equipment and containing unlicensed copies of ABBYY FineReader 9.0 Professional Edition and ABBYY Lingvo 12 programs are exchangeable. CDs and DVDs with unlicensed copies of ABBYY software recorded at home are not exchangeable.
One “pirated” disc ABBYY Lingvo is FREE exchanged for one licensed copy of ABBYY Lingvo 12 English version.
One “pirated” disc ABBYY FineReader is FREE exchanged for one licensed copy of ABBYY FineReader 7.0 Home Edition.
The exchange does not take into account the total number of “pirated” discs brought. One participant in the promotion can receive only one licensed copy of ABBYY software products.
If a participant has two or more “pirated” discs ABBYY FineReader and ABBYY Lingvo, the participant decides for himself which license copy to exchange “pirated” discs for: either ABBYY Lingvo 12 English version or ABBYY FineReader 7.0 Home Edition.
You can take part in the promotion only once for the entire time of the event.
Exchange of “pirated” discs is carried out on May 24 and 25 strictly from 12-00 to 18-00 in the stores of the StartMaster network.
The action involves 3 stores of the StartMaster network located at the following addresses:
Shopping Center Gorbushkin Dvor, Pav. N2-015 Bagrationovsky proezd, d. 7
private commercial enterprise "Savyolovsky" pav.D34 / D35, 2A3, Sushchevsky shaft d. 5, p. 1A
TC "Mitinskaya radiorynok" pav.337, Pyatnickoe br., D 18 The
number of licensed discs to be exchanged for “pirated” ones is limited and amounts to 50 copies of ABBYY Lingvo 12 English version and 50 copies of ABBYY FineReader 7.0 Home Edition per day for each of the participating stores.
Exchange is subject to the availability of licensed discs at the time of presentation by the participant of a "pirated" copy. Information on the availability of licensed discs in the store can be obtained from ABBYY employees engaged in the exchange of discs.
Licensed discs are not issued in monetary terms; they are not subject to exchange or return.
In the absence of a “pirated” copy of ABBYY prize license discs at the time of presentation, the participant will be given a coupon giving the right to purchase ABBYY licensed products with a 40% discount.
You can take advantage of the discount when purchasing the following software products:
ABBYY FineReader 9.0 Professional Edition
ABBYY FineReader 7.0 Home Edition
ABBYY PDF Transformer 2.0
ABBYY Lingvo 12 English version
ABBYY Lingvo 12 European version
ABBYY Lingvo 12 Multilingual version
When exchanging pirated discs for a coupon, the number of discs brought is not taken into account. One participant can receive only one coupon for a 40% discount, regardless of the number of "pirated" discs provided to them.