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Microsoft Calls Today Global Anti-Piracy Day

Posted by timothy on from the pirates-live-for-live-cd-distros dept.

arcticstoat points out an article at Custom PC, according to which: "Microsoft has announced that today is Global Anti-Piracy Day. Launching several global initiatives, the aim is to raise awareness of the damage to software innovation that Microsoft says is caused by piracy. ... As well as educating people about piracy, Microsoft has also initiated a huge list of legal proceedings that it's taking out against pirates. Microsoft isn't messing about when it says 'global' either. The list of 49 countries that Microsoft is targeting spans six continents, and ranges from the UK and the US all the way through to Chile, Egypt, Kuwait, Indonesia and China." Interestingly enough, unauthorized copies of Vista might not be harming the company all that much: reader twitter was among several to contribute links to a related story at Computer World which highlights Microsoft attorney Bonnie MacNaughton's acknowledgement that pirates prefer Windows XP over Vista and Office 2003 over 2007.

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  1. Minor correction... by ivan256 · · Score: 4, Funny

    [almost everybody prefers] Windows XP over Vista and Office 2003 over 2007

    Fixed that for you...

    1. Re:Minor correction... by TheLinuxSRC · · Score: 5, Funny

      (Unless you are utterly stupid) Office 2007 is much easyer and you can learn it in less than 5 minutes (I teached it myself).

      Oh, the irony.

  2. If it weren't for piracy by BPPG · · Score: 4, Funny

    If it weren't for piracy, there'd be a sizable amount of people that would never even try Vista.

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    1. Re:If it weren't for piracy by Goldberg's+Pants · · Score: 5, Funny

      I find it funny that Microsoft feel they have to educate people about piracy. I'm already well aware of the many benefits thank you, Microsoft.

    2. Re:If it weren't for piracy by Ngarrang · · Score: 5, Funny

      I find it funny that Microsoft feel they have to educate people about piracy. I'm already well aware of the many benefits thank you, Microsoft.

      Maybe this Microsoft's way of fighting global warming? By educating more pirates, we insure a healthy planet for our children's children.

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      Bearded Dragon
  3. RRRRrraaaaa by sxltrex · · Score: 4, Funny

    Does that make it "Talk Like an Anti-Pirate Day?"

    1. Re:RRRRrraaaaa by basscomm · · Score: 5, Funny

      If you knew who he was, he wouldn't be much of a ninja.

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  4. and... by Dzimas · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm declaring today "Anti Microsoft Day." There. We're even.

    1. Re:and... by houghi · · Score: 5, Funny

      Anti-anti-piracy-day-day

      That'll teach-em

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      Don't fight for your country, if your country does not fight for you.
  5. Working so far (for me). by Piranhaa · · Score: 4, Funny

    I pledge I will not pirate anything... today

    1. Re:Working so far (for me). by Lobster+Quadrille · · Score: 5, Funny

      I pledge to pirate 3 times as much, to make up for you slackers.

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      "The cup is in turn designed for holding hot or cold liquids, and has an open rim and closed base." --US Patent #5425497
  6. sweet by nomadic · · Score: 5, Funny

    Know my favorite part of Anti-Piracy Days? The parades. I mean, the parties are nice, and seeing the kids put out the Anti-Piracy decorations, but the parades are what are really great.

    1. Re:sweet by deniable · · Score: 4, Funny

      Hey, I hear the '30s are coming back into fashion. There's a buzz on Wall Street.

  7. Fighting software piracy? Excellent idea! by 2muchcoffeeman · · Score: 5, Funny

    Prevent Windows piracy: Use Linux instead!

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    Prevent Windows piracy. Use Linux instead.
  8. Jumping on the Bandwagon by PinkyDead · · Score: 4, Funny

    After the success of last month's "Talk Like A Pirate Day", this is just Microsoft just trying to cash in on the whole pirate thing.

    Parents can't be expected to shell out for every single pirate related holiday. Enough is enough.

    Anyway, don't Microsoft already have April 1st.

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  9. I pledge... by neowolf · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...that I will not pirate Vista. Ever.

  10. FTFAFY by Hognoxious · · Score: 4, Funny
    TFA

    reader twitter was among several to contribute links to a related story

    Should read:

    several readers, all of whom were twitter, contributed links to a related story.

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    Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
  11. Re:Can they do that? by cosmocain · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why not? You can do that, too. Just stroll around and tell everybody you meet that today's...

    - "Think of the children"-day,
    - "Bad car analogy"-day,
    - "Robotic overlord"-day,
    - "Natalie Portman"-day,
    - "In Soviet russia"-day,
    - "Insensitive clod"-day,
    - "Goatse"-day,
    etc...

    The fact that nobody'll listen to you will just make you feel like MS today. But if they don't care - why should you?

  12. Bill Gate's Pirate Name by capnkr · · Score: 5, Funny

    Putting "Bill Gates" in the name field here returns "Smugglin' Hubert Cutler" as the result, appropriately enough... :) Even better, though, "Steve Ballmer" becomes "Sea Monkey Baird"!
     
    Sea Monkey! lol
     
    Hey! Is that a flying chai.. OOF...
     
    ;)

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  13. Only one day? by Mr_Icon · · Score: 4, Funny

    In contrast, the rest of the world celebrates the remaining 364 piracy days.

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    If you open yourself to the foo, You and foo become one.
  14. Re:Even pirates don't want Vista by ivan256 · · Score: 5, Funny

    You've got that wrong.

    Clearly what's happening is that they made the DRM so good that it's reducing piracy. Right?