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The TechCrunch article completely ignores huge chunks of the Microsoft post. The emails (https://blogs.microsoft.com/uploads/prod/sites/5/2018/04/Email3.pdf htt
by underwater 9y ago
The TechCrunch article completely ignores huge chunks of the Microsoft post. The emails (https://blogs.microsoft.com/uploads/prod/sites/5/2018/04/Email3.pdf https://blogs.microsoft.com/uploads/prod/sites/5/2018/04/Ema...) from Eric are pretty damning. He makes it obvious he’s trying to evade customs, that he’s trying to mislead wholesale buyers into thinking the discs come from Microsoft, and that he’s not happy about the amount of money he’s making.
- syshum 9y agoAt most this should be a civil issue between 2 private parties where monetary damages are awarded, not a criminal case where a person faces prison times.
- fragsworth 9y agoNobody disagrees that he is profiting. But he is only profiting off the fact that Microsoft makes it very difficult for you to re-install software that you already have a license for, particularly if you didn't save your OEM install disk. The actual moral crime here is that Microsoft profits off the fact that users don't know they still own the original license they purchased, and/or there is a huge hassle in getting a new OEM disk. If Microsoft wasn't doing this then there would be no "black market" for it.
- webbles 9y agokeep shilling