Sri Lanka Customs on a drive to curtail software piracy

The programme to curtail software piracy in Sri Lanka underway

Sri Lanka Customs, under the auspices of the Director General of Customs, conducted a series of capacity building programmes to curtail software piracy in Sri Lanka.

The programme endeavors to make customs officers aware of the law, the numerous ways in which pirates bring pirated software into the country. Detailed trainings of product identification of counterfeit and pirated software, will be given.

Customs officials also committed to be vigilant with regard to the smuggling of non-genuine products and proper importation in to the country via air and shipping.

The inaugural session was chaired by Director General Shalini Ratwatte, Consultant BSA, Amice van der Burg-Dissanayake and Poojitha Rajapakse of Microsoft and members of the two authorised microsoft distributors, Trident Corporation and Tech One Global. HRD Directorate of Sri Lanka Customs organised the programme.