Microsoft takes legal moves against pirates
Posted by Steven Parker on 01 November 2006 - 09:46 · 17 comments & 6671 views
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#1 Posted by champagne_supernova on 01 Nov 2006 - 10:04
- Not in my country :p
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#1.1 Posted by FloatingFatMan on 01 Nov 2006 - 10:09
- You own your own country?!
Seriously though, it's about time... Maybe this will shut up the twits who seem to think they can get away with selling beta versions of Vista on eBay!
Shame they can't do much about the complete brainless morons who bid on them though!
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#1.2 Posted by champagne_supernova on 02 Nov 2006 - 01:50
- Quote - FloatingFatMan said @ #1.1You own your own country?!
Seriously though, it's about time... Maybe this will shut up the twits who seem to think they can get away with selling beta versions of Vista on eBay!
Shame they can't do much about the complete brainless morons who bid on them though!
Wakakakkaka.. very funny :p
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#2 Posted by +Zhivago on 01 Nov 2006 - 10:11
- Quote -Some fakes are of such high-quality that the compact discs and packaging are sent to a special Microsoft lab in Ireland for confirmation
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#3 Posted by Kushan on 01 Nov 2006 - 11:02
- "Do what you want 'cause a pirate is free..."
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#3.1 Posted by tiagosilva29 on 01 Nov 2006 - 11:55
- "You are a pirate!"
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#4 Posted by Jugalator on 01 Nov 2006 - 12:18
- Yarrrr! Walk the plank, you scurvy auctioners hawking illegal goods!
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#5 Posted by +guylaroche on 01 Nov 2006 - 13:32
- I'm surprised there's nobody in the US they're targeting.
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#6 Posted by Havin_it on 01 Nov 2006 - 13:44
- They still don't dare crack down on the ninjas though, do they?
Ninjas pwn.
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#7 Posted by powerlifter450 on 01 Nov 2006 - 13:47
- This is a fruitless effort. pirates are like drug dealers or weeds. Take one out and two more spring up in its place.
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#8 Posted by hapbt on 01 Nov 2006 - 14:05
- I don't know, I mean look at how they totally locked hackers out of XP so nobody could pirate it or hack it, I'm sure their offensive against pirates will be at least that effective!
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#9 Posted by leesmithg on 01 Nov 2006 - 14:16
- If people download pirated software then they should be left alone as if they get a logger or virus then that will teach em.
However they should go after those that upload and/or sell pirated software.
I've seen people openly selling software at eBay telling the buyers that it comes with a key generator.
Now eBay should also be penalised by the courts for allowing such content as they are profiting from it.
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#10 Posted by +shihchiun on 01 Nov 2006 - 22:06
- That's just silly (selling pirated software, not the legal action).
The actions are a mix of lawsuits and criminal complaints, said Jean-Christophe Le Toquin, a Microsoft attorney for Europe, the Middle East and Africa region. Microsoft has or will file 34 actions in Europe including Germany, France, Poland, Belgium, the U.K. and the Netherlands.
The company will seek prison terms for high-volume sellers and fines for less flagrant violations, Le Toquin said.
Microsoft has stepped up its anti-piracy campaign through legal suits. The company also sent out a program, Windows Genuine Advantage, to Windows computers that verifies whether the OS is a genuine, licensed copy.