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Demophobe
Joined: 17 May 2004
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 Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 10:54 pm Post subject: Free Windows for pirates! |
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From here:
"As part of its growing antipiracy campaign, Microsoft is testing a program that offers free licensed versions of Windows XP Professional to some customers whose copies are found to be bogus. " |
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Wrench
Joined: 07 Apr 2005
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| Posted: Thu May 05, 2005 2:08 am Post subject: |
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| hmm I find this to good to be true. |
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Confused Canadian
Joined: 21 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu May 05, 2005 5:09 am Post subject: |
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From the article...
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Starting Wednesday, customers in the United States whose copies of Windows XP Professional do not pass validation will be presented with the option of getting a free licensed copy. To do so, customers will have to fill out a counterfeit report with Microsoft and be able to provide the Windows disk they have as well as some kind of receipt for their purchase.
"Our goal is really to ensure that the complimentary offer is for people who really truly were unknowing victims of counterfeit," said David Lazar, director of the Genuine Windows program. |
Only a good deal if you got duped. Not so helpful if you just downloaded a cracked version. |
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thorin
Joined: 14 Apr 2003
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jazblanc77
Joined: 22 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Sat May 14, 2005 9:27 am Post subject: |
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| Confused Canadian wrote: |
From the article...
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Starting Wednesday, customers in the United States whose copies of Windows XP Professional do not pass validation will be presented with the option of getting a free licensed copy. To do so, customers will have to fill out a counterfeit report with Microsoft and be able to provide the Windows disk they have as well as some kind of receipt for their purchase.
"Our goal is really to ensure that the complimentary offer is for people who really truly were unknowing victims of counterfeit," said David Lazar, director of the Genuine Windows program. |
Only a good deal if you got duped. Not so helpful if you just downloaded a cracked version. |
This is just their way of finding the distributors of pirated copies. Though, it is naive to think that Microcrap wouldn't keep a watchful eye on anyone who actually obtained an illegal copy of their software. I would! |
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