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Microsoft sues Software Pirate who is a repeat offender

MahitHuilgol@TWC — Wed, 21 Sep 2016 03:43:43 +0000

In a bid to crackdown on stolen Windows and Office activation codes Microsoft has sued a Wisconsin man. Surprisingly the man has been booked thrice and he already owes Microsoft $1.2 Million in fines. The complaint filed by Microsoft on Sept 8 accuses Anthony Boldin of Brookfield of selling activation codes to company investigators via […]

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Countries with higher IQ scores have lower software piracy rates, says Study

TanmayPatange@TWCN — Wed, 22 Jun 2016 19:35:45 +0000

Based on the information provided by the Business Software Alliance, an analysis found that national IQ score correlates with local software piracy rates. As per the study published by Raufhon Salahodjaev, Shoirahon Odilova, and Antonio R. Andr´es in their research paper titled “Intelligence and Crime: A novel evidence for software piracy,” countries with higher IQ […]

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Recycling firm stole 70,000 copies of Office 2010: Microsoft sues

VamienMcKalin@TWCN — Tue, 22 Sep 2015 18:05:10 +0000

Oops, someone at an Arizona computer recycling firm is about to get eaten alive by Microsoft, and probably someone at Microsoft will likely get a verbal beating by Satya Nadella. You see, good ole Microsoft hired a recycling company to throw away its stuff. Within the garbage are over 70,000 copies of Office 2010, and […]

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Microsoft files DMCA complaint against Websites hosting or linking to Microsoft software illegally

AnandKhanse@TWC — Mon, 27 May 2013 16:18:31 +0000

Looks like Microsoft has been busy filing DMCA complaints against the sites which are either hosting Microsoft software illegally or providing links to DigitalRiver ISOs. Some of these sites posted links to the Windows 7 ISOs quite some time ago and the information spread like crazy. Microsoft Files DMCA complaints You can see that hundreds of sites have […]

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Software Piracy Upward Climb Continues, Posing New Risks, Says Microsoft

HemantSaxena@TWCN — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 11:48:03 +0000

Merely buying a branded PC does not guarantee protection from malicious programs. You need to have genuine software running on your system. Microsoft, in its new report highlights the fact how the counterfeit software poses risks to consumers, at large in the form of Cybercrime. The global study comes before us after analyzing over 250 […]

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Defective Windows 8 Pro Activation Method, Gifts Pirates Legitimate Copies of Windows 8

HemantSaxena@TWCN — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 09:37:11 +0000

Attention! An upgrade to Windows Media Center can fetch you a copy of legitimately activated Windows 8. The news has been circulating over the wide world of web like a wild fire. Yes, a security flaw in Windows 8 activation method has been gifting pirates legitimate copy of Windows 8 Pro. Earlier, activating Windows required […]

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