We had a local chain, in Spokane, sued by MS three or four years ago for
selling pirate copies, from CA or China, or somewhere in between. I guess
they were selling all manner of MS products. They are still in business,
with three store, but I don't think they sell any MS products anymore and
they seem to be surviving. I'll have to go in someday and see just what they
are pushing.
As for the OEM prices.......how about the company
store???.....................(wouldn't that solve the issues here???) As it
is NFS you don't sell it, you give it away.
Jeff
From: "Chris Reeves" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: [H] Microsoft's "Genuine Advantage" Cracked Already
Seriously, though, I would agree with this.. it's one thing (in my mind)
if
Joe bob brother gives his friend a copy.. but it's different when it's
being
sold. That having been said, I've known of storefronts that pushed out
tons
with "cracked" copies.. they were reported.. the reason why we say
"nothing
happened" is because to our knowledge, and in talking with others, the
storefront, etc. were never contacted and two years later, there is no
change. If it was taking a while to bend through the courts, that would
be
one thing.. but there would be a filing regarding it somewhere, and the
person being sued would know about it.
:)
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ben Ruset
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 9:57 AM
To: The Hardware List
Subject: Re: [H] Microsoft's "Genuine Advantage" Cracked Already
First off, do you have any idea how long it takes a lawsuit to move
through the courts? Second, how do you know FOR SURE that nothing has
been done or is in the works? Maybe they didn't shut down the
Either way, WGA will block the FCKGW and like keys. So the problem is
solved. Microsoft benefits by not having to drag all of these black
market OEM's through the courts.
Wayne Johnson wrote:
As I'm sure Thane, Joe User & I have reported others to MSFT because
they installed the FCKGW version of XP but I can say without a doubt
MSFT did absolutely nothing to punish the people that were reported &
now they supposedly want to do something? I don't believe they'll do any
more than the WGA states on the surface. MSFT knows that if they tighten
the noose too much some one will take the whole EULA thing about them
owning the software & that all we're paying for is it's use all the way
to the Supreme Court.
