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FBI on the Windows Source Code Theft

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the don't-they-use-macs dept.

Chris Gondek writes "There are various articles about the Stolen Windows Source Code, but today it is confirmed that an FBI task force hunted for a cyber-criminal who posted on the internet source code for Windows which says 'I can confirm that the Northwest Cybercrime Task Force was investigating, FBI spokeswoman Robbie Burroughs said. The posted program is part of the source codes, or blueprints, for Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4.0, according to the company.' "

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  1. industry loses by badansible · · Score: 0, Redundant

    "[...] As a result, the US software industry loses $US13 billion ($A16.52 billion) a year for counterfeiting and other forms of software piracy." Nevermind that piracy is the reason they have difused so much in poor countries. I doubt that a significant % of people in asia would buy it, if forced to pay the US price. Statistics...

  2. Re:Download it on Freenet...Anonymously! by cdc179 · · Score: 1, Redundant

    mod parrent down, way down! It is best for everybody if nobody in the OSS community downloads this code.

    If one gets called to court in some future trial over M$ IP in GNU/Linux code it would be best if we could say, "We never downloaded the code." If we have to say, "We downloaded the code but didn't use it." it will look bad.

    Damn bastards stop posting crap like this.