Thanks to DWZ for notifying me of this new offer by Microsoft Australia. If you think you've purchased counterfeit Microsoft software, send it in and we'll swap it for the genuine Microsoft Product.
How it works
If you have just purchased Microsoft software that you think may not be legal, send it in to our Product Identification team by the 31st of March 2002 for verification.
The Product Identification Service is offered in relation to all Microsoft products, but specifically excludes CDR's ('burnt discs'). For a limited time, Microsoft will also replace the following products if they are verified as counterfeit*:
Microsoft OEM Windows 98
Microsoft OEM Windows 2000 Professional
Microsoft OEM Office 2000 SBE and Professional
(*Maximum of 1 replacement copy per home user and 3 replacement copies per business user. Other terms and conditions apply - please see the full terms and conditions.)
News source: Microsoft Australia - Piracy
How it works
If you have just purchased Microsoft software that you think may not be legal, send it in to our Product Identification team by the 31st of March 2002 for verification.
The Product Identification Service is offered in relation to all Microsoft products, but specifically excludes CDR's ('burnt discs'). For a limited time, Microsoft will also replace the following products if they are verified as counterfeit*:
Microsoft OEM Windows 98
Microsoft OEM Windows 2000 Professional
Microsoft OEM Office 2000 SBE and Professional
(*Maximum of 1 replacement copy per home user and 3 replacement copies per business user. Other terms and conditions apply - please see the full terms and conditions.)
News source: Microsoft Australia - Piracy
Microsoft has a Windows Media Player version on its Pocket PC 2002, which supports playback of downloaded audio and video content, and RealNetworks paired up with AT&T Wireless and other mobile operators last December to extend its RealPlayer to mobile devices on 2.5G data networks. However, a challenge remains in finding the right applications to drive use of wireless multimedia players and delivering them at a price that makes them attractive and accessible to users, says Jupiter Media Metrix analyst Joe Laszlo. Being able to transmit wireless video of an accident scene could save time and money for insurance agents filing a claim, Laszlo says, but "if carriers have to charge users per byte or per minute for streaming audio or video content, charges will mount up quickly," which is a potential hurdle to the adoption of wireless streaming media.
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