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Microsoft Tracks Down Windows 7 and 8 Pirates;Files Lawsuits

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Windows and Office continue to be impacted by software piracy, but at the same time, Microsoft goes on with its fight against those who illegally activate its products, and the company has this time tracked down someone who did this with no less than 1,000 copies of the operating system and the productivity suite. [more]
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http://news.softpedia.com/news/micr...s-7-and-8-pirates-files-lawsuits-504863.shtml

FILING LAWSUITS??

They have alot of nerve... HOW ABOUT ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THIER COMPUTERS HIJACKED TO SPYING 10 W/O THIER CONSENT??

EVERYONE SHOULD SUE THEM!!!!!!
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According to the article, they are going after idjits that stole a key from EarthLink and activated over a thousand PCs from the same WAN IP. MS is just protecting its software which is a constant battle. The foisting of 10 on everyone is a new development and an entirely different plot.
 
MS's attention to piracy -- to my remembrance -- became more intense after Windows 2000, or so I thought it did. I actually had an OEM 2000 disc which I was able to install on at least 2 PCs in the house around the turn of the millennium, without problems or repercussions.

So the activation phenomenon began with XP -- particularly with the knitting of a hardware hash code to the OS, or at least the OEM white-box OS.

On the matter of the Law, I saw my use of Win 2000 Workstation as falling into a gray area. The machines were all connected to the web via the same router connection; I didn't use them for business; I myself was mostly the only user; they were all installed within the same household. And I probably didn't follow the EULA restrictions. But that didn't last long.

When we struck up our broadband subscription around 2000/2001 with our cable provider, they sent a tech person to the house to set up the cable modem. During casual conversation, I asked him how I could get an inexpensive installation of 2000 Office Pro. He went to his truck and brought back a homemade install disc, which he gave me. But that didn't last long, either. I can't remember for sure whether it was a problem of upgrades or something else. But I soon became comfortable with paying for my software the way the manufacturer wanted me to pay for it.

The benefits outweighed all the possible costs you can think of.

I wouldn't touch pirated software with a ten-foot pole. And that's especially true with software from MS -- according to that very same calculation of costs and benefits.
 
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