Web Site Owner Gets 7 Years for Piracy
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| The owner of one of the nation's largest Internet software piracy Web
| sites has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/060909/software_piracy.html?.v=1
If only it was ironic that these Web sites, which in a sense promote
Microsoft's agenda, are prospering owing to SPAM, which is an epidemic made
possible thanks to Microsoft Windows, Outlook*, and Office design flaws.
Also see:
How Piracy Opens Doors for Windows
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| Bill Gates may not be entirely dismayed by software thieves. They
| seed the world market and make Microsoft a standard.
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http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-micropiracy9apr09,0,414067.story?track=tottext
Why piracy kills Open Source
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| Because for them, the price is the same.
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| So, please, Microsoft, defend your own products, and don't allow users to
| use pirated versions. You'll be doing the best for the Open Source
| products.
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http://youmaybeinterrupting.com/desktop.php?view&postid=12&a=apps%2FBlog%3B%3B
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