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24-11-2006
Mapuche-Microsoft translation lawsuit
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 Santiago, Chile (Reuters): Mapuche Indians in Chile are trying to take Microsoft to court in a legal battle that raises the question of whether anyone can ever "own" the language they speak. The row was sparked by Microsoft's decision last month to launch its Windows software package in Mapuzugun, a Mapuche tongue spoken by around 400,000 indigenous Chileans, mostly in the south of the country. Chile's Mapuche Indians allege that Microsoft translated Windows software into their native language without getting tribal leaders' permission.
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money.cnn.com/2006/11/23/technology/microsoft_chile.reut/?postversion=2006112311
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