Nerdy Photo in Vista DVDs Thwarts Disk Pirates

maximus1 writes "Microsoft says that the tiny photo on the Windows Vista Business Edition installation disks is an anti-piracy feature. The tiny photo of three grinning men — less that 1 mm in size — is one of several images incorporated into the hologram's design intended to make it harder to replicate a Vista DVD, according to Nick White on Microsoft's Vista team blog. 'The real story is interesting, but conspiracy theorists will be disappointed to learn that it is not the result of a deliberate attempt to deceive,' White wrote."

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ha ha ha, just wait

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From your M$ blog article:

The fact that it took five months for this to get caught shows the problem: There could have been anything there. Whoever stuck in that photo could have stuck in a penis, and Microsoft will probably feel the need to go with overkill to prevent that ever happening.

Lesson learned: put your penis in it, they are going to fire you anyway. If you are short in that department, you might put a picture of someone you don't like in it.

What I'm waiting to see are Debian swirls, happy Mac faces, iPods, Tux and other funnies.

Before this, I thought Vista DVDs were worth less than an AOL coaster, but now I know there's entertainment value. Sooner or later, I'd like to add one of these to my software CD collection. It's significant enough as the failure of Windoze edition. They will end up in the trash sooner than later.