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Microsoft Agrees Settlement Over MikeRoweSoft.com

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the all's-fair-in-love-and-war dept.

GillBates0 writes "CNN's reporting that Microsoft Corp has settled with Mike Rowe, persuading the teenager to give up his domain name in exchange for costs of changing the existing domain to a new Web site, Microsoft certification training, an Xbox, an invitation to a technology festival at Redmond and some other gifts. Includes a choice quote from Microsoft spokesman Jim Desler: 'We wanted to do this in a way that's going to foster his interest in technology'. Mike had received a 25-page letter from Microsoft informing him he was committing copyright infringement, and threatening legal action, as reported earlier on Slashdot."

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  1. in other collective news by rogabean · · Score: 1, Troll

    i'm suprised the collective didn't demand he legally change his name as part of the "settlement"... LOL

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    "why don't you just slip into something more comfortable...like a coma!"
  2. Interesting I just registered ... by rhino_badlands · · Score: 0, Troll

    Interesting I just registered ...

    MikeRoweSoftOffice.com,MikeRoweSoftWord.com,Mike Ro weSoftExcel.com,MikeRoweSoftPowerPoint.com,MikeRow eSoftOutlook.com,MikeRoweSoftDotNet.com,MikeRoweSo ftGames.com,MikeRoweSoftMice.com ...

    I wonder what kind of neat swag i can get out of them for each one of those

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    - MOSKIE
  3. Mike Rowe = sellout by kobotronic · · Score: 2, Troll

    Way to go, dude. You had your five minutes of net.fame, people on the net heard about your phlight, backed you up and sent thousands of dollars your way in order to help you fight the litigious Beast's gorilla attorneys wanting to steal your rightful property. You should have held on! Instead, you just roll over on your back like a sheep and let them bribe you with trinkets. An X-box and a couple of coupons. Ya big loser! You're nothing but a sellout, and Microsoft's henchmen will now ramp up their efforts instead of backing off from such lawsuits and legal threats. No respect. Dipshit.

  4. Re:aka... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll
    that's gay


    I pictured you being gang-banged by a group of angry bikers. Suddenly, a trucker convoy pulls up, and a dozen big truckers with tire irons proceed to kick ass. Then, as you're about to thank them for rescuing you from such depravity, they pull out their cocks and fuck your ass some more.

  5. How Sad... by deacon · · Score: 1, Troll
    So Mike Rowe sold out his rights for a pile of cheap disposable consumer electronics, some things that shine and glitter in sunlight, and some worthless training.

    Hell, when I lived in Nigeria, I had to pay more than that for 12 prositutes.

    You would not get my domain name out of me without prying it out of my cold dead hands.

    The kids these days, they have no balls.