UK consumers bunch of crooks, Microsoft survey shows

A REPORT COMMISSIONED by Microsoft UK from research firm YouGov, has revealed that while 89 per cent of UK consumers believe ethics govern their buying decisions, half of the same sample own material and goods that they know are counterfeit.

And nearly a quarter of the same sample admit they own pirated software.

That, said Microsoft, displays a double standard by UK consumers on the ownership of ideas. While a large proportion buy Fair Trade coffee or organic food, their attitude towards software has something of the whited sepulchre about it.