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Microsoft Pirating Their Own Software?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the piracy-is-eeeeeeeevilllll dept.

14ghz writes "Microsoft gave out copies of .NET Visual Studio Pro to attendees of the Microsoft .NET Student Tour. Despite the discs saying "UNLICENSED SOFTWARE -- Illegal without separate license from Microsoft", the freebie didn't contain any license document, and one guy decided to ask the MS conference rep about it. Read the in-progress story."

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  1. Why does Microsoft have these in the first place? by Kaeru+the+Frog · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Why would Microsoft print CD's that they then label as unlicensed and illegal. What does Microsoft do with these discs? When you buy a license can you cross out that part of the label and that will somehow hold up in court. Why make the discs in the first place if they are just going to label them illegal.