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Microsoft Sues and Gets Sued
wubo writes, "Microsoft is apparently stepping up its anti-piracy measures by publishing the locations and specifics of their pending lawsuits. Check out the snazzy map — warms me heart and soul." And to even the scales of justice, one of the last remaining class-action antitrust lawsuits filed against Microsoft in a state court is set to go to trial in Iowa later this year. An anonymous reader writes, "Iowa consumers who purchased Microsoft products in the last 12 years are being represented in a class action anti-trust lawsuit against Microsoft. The jury trial begins on November 13 and is expected to last 6 months." Bill Gates is on the witness list.
Suing... Microsoft? Isn't it the epitome of a law-abiding corporation? It is supposed to sue people, not the other way around.
This makes me sick. For example, we have strict privacy laws in Poland -- in theory. Every single database that includes any personal data needs to be reported to GIODO -- and you need every person on your list to agree to that use. You also need to provide a way for every person to review whatever data you have on file about them, and/or request their removal.
And if you anger the powers that be, you will be controlled and face stiff penalties. Unless you have enough political clout, that is.
Now, take a wild guess who is playing a major role in building the henhouse...
The creatures outside looked from Alt-Right to Antifa; but already it was impossible to say which was which.
So very true, but I know if I need a quick fix for some software that the internet is a few short clicks away. Sorry MS, you can't sue the internet, you may have a nicely formatted table of people, businesses, and websites you have sued, shutdown, and pulled, but there will always ALWAYS be a place for the determined to find software for free.
Slashdot is really hammering the copyright violation lawsuits. What's the point here? That if you break copyrights you're going to get sued? Fine. Lets all mature to a point where we can deal with the consequences to our actions.
Agreed. There's no point wasting energy putting down MS for suing scam businesses. I bet their customers didn't know they were getting software illegally. I'd be pissed if I found that software I bought with a machine wasn't legit.
It's probably more productive to get fired up about stupid suits where some mom gets sued for what her daughter was downloading.
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Everyone I know who's complained about WGA has a dodgy copy of windows
I've got TWO legal copies of XP for my current PC. The first was delivered with the PC, but not in the language I preferred. So I bought a second copy.
And I hate the WGA. I hate the fact that Microsoft will automatically inspect my PC every time I turn it on. I hate the fact that if I place too many new components in my PC, Microsoft will rate it as a new PC and will give me troubles. I hate the fact that Microsoft can influence the behaviour of my PC from a distance. And I hate the fact that I am treated like a criminal, while I have no intention of being one (except that I maybe get stimulated by all these flashes of hate to become one).
I've only known one person with a legal windows copy who got screwed by WGA
I'd say that is one too many.
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My favorite part about MacOS has always been the portability... a hard drive with the most recent OS on it will boot any Mac. When my 350MHz G3 finally died, I bought a new G5 tower, popped in the old hard drive, and I was off to the races... I do the same thing with Windows, but it then consumes a half-day of my life cleaning up the afterbirth, and never really seems as nice as a fresh install.
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I am completely in favor of MS chasing all pirate versions and distributors. One of the reasons Windows is so popular here in Brazil is that anyone can have a copy of any version of windows for R$10 (US$3!). If people only had the option to buy the orignial version which begins at R$700 (US$304), people would realize how overpriced Windows really is, and maybe start looking for existing alternatives.
I have found, however, that if you go through the wizard to telephone MS and activate over the phone, but instead opt to enter a new product ID, enter your current, valid, legal product ID and then try to activate over the Internet.
If it doesn't work, try a couple more times. Every time I've reinstalled Windows on the same hardware and failed the first activation, the new installation ID that is generated by this procedure solves the activation problem.
This is just my experience, but of course, YMMV.
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