Daniel F. Administrators Posted May 9, 2003 Administrators Share Posted May 9, 2003 Microsoft was also involved in an uncommonly harsh application of a widely used Internet enforcement tool when a Windows news site, Neowin.com [Ed - Its neowin.net guys but thanks for caring ;)] was taken offline for nearly 24 hours after the software giant accused the site of infringing its copyrights. The sotware giant's Internet investigator sent a takedown notice, alleging that the site was infringing the company's copyrights relating to its recently released Windows XP Peer-to-Peer Software Development Kit (SDK), apparently because of a message posted by a reader in an online feedback forum. Such legal filings are routine, but in this case the request turned into a nightmare for Neowin when it was sent to the upstream Internet service provider responsible for Neowin's Web connection--not the site itself. http://news.com.com/2100-1083-992573.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel F. Administrators Posted May 9, 2003 Author Administrators Share Posted May 9, 2003 same story posted on ZDNet March 14, 2003 http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103-992573.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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