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The guy is full of shit, but so is Microsoft. The travesty here is that the justice system sided with the corporate gorilla in a commercial issue that should be
by yholio 8y ago
The guy is full of shit, but so is Microsoft. The travesty here is that the justice system sided with the corporate gorilla in a commercial issue that should be solved in a civil court. There is no greater social value at stake here, there is zero public interest in criminally enforcing Microsoft's licensing scheme and their various loopholes designed to maximize revenue.
- ac29 8y agoThe case wasn't brought by Microsoft, it was brought by Federal Prosecutors, who had the information given to them by the U.S Customs service. https://1gew6o3qn6vx9kp3s42ge0y1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/prod/sites/5/2018/04/FINAL-FILED-BRIEF-11.17.17-004.pdf https://1gew6o3qn6vx9kp3s42ge0y1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-...
- n-gate 8y agoI presume you distribute everything you create for free?
- PostOnce 8y agohe didn't say the guy deserves to get away with it, though he said the guy should be sued in civil court and be made to pay damages, rather than sent to prison by a criminal court
- qha 8y agoIt's their software and they can do whatever they want with it. The real travesty here is thinking that just because Windows is widely used it should be given away.
- ineedasername 8y agoI agree with the sentiment, but in this case it appears the discs were just being used to restore software that was still legally licensed to the computer. But license issues aside, it seems this guy was conspiring to commit fraud through the customs/import process too.
- jmull 8y agoOf course there’s a public interest in blocking counterfeiting scams.