| ActiveMac | Anonymous | Create a User | Reviews | News | Forums | Advertise |
|
|
|
User Controls |
|
New User |
|
Login |
|
Edit/View My Profile |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ActiveMac |
|
Articles |
|
Forums |
|
Links |
|
News |
|
News Search |
|
Reviews |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
News Centers |
|
Windows/Microsoft |
|
DVD |
|
ActiveHardware |
|
Xbox |
|
MaINTosh |
|
News Search |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ANet Chats |
|
The Lobby |
|
Special Events Room |
|
Developer's Lounge |
|
XBox Chat |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
FAQ's |
|
Windows 98/98 SE |
|
Windows 2000 |
|
Windows Me |
|
Windows "Whistler" XP |
|
Windows CE |
|
Internet Explorer 6 |
|
Internet Explorer 5 |
|
Xbox |
|
DirectX |
|
DVD's |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TopTechTips |
|
Registry Tips |
|
Windows 95/98 |
|
Windows 2000 |
|
Internet Explorer 4 |
|
Internet Explorer 5 |
|
Windows NT Tips |
|
Program Tips |
|
Easter Eggs |
|
Hardware |
|
DVD |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Latest Reviews |
|
Applications |
|
Microsoft Windows XP Professional |
|
Norton SystemWorks 2002 |
|
|
|
Hardware |
|
Intel Personal Audio Player 3000 |
|
Microsoft Wireless IntelliMouse Explorer |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Site News/Info |
|
About This Site |
|
Affiliates |
|
ANet Forums |
|
Contact Us |
|
Default Home Page |
|
Link To Us |
|
Links |
|
Member Pages |
|
Site Search |
|
Awards |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Credits |
 |
Microsoft Conducts Software Piracy Sweep in Greater Toronto Area | |
|
||
| Time: 10:28 EST/15:28 GMT | News Source: Press Release | Posted By: Byron Hinson | ||
|
As part of an ongoing national campaign against software piracy, Microsoft Canada Co. today announced the results of a recent piracy sweep in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). Approximately twenty area resellers were identified as allegedly engaging in unauthorized hard disk loading of software onto consumers' computers. In order to ensure GTA resellers are providing customers with licensed copies of its software, Microsoft worked with private investigators who visited approximately 80 GTA resellers suspected of hard disk loading. Hard disk loading is the installation of software onto a computer's hard disk without providing the customer with the requisite license, media or accompanying manual or documentation. The investigators made controlled purchases of new computer systems and Microsoft took action against resellers who allegedly installed unlicensed Microsoft software and, in some cases, sold accompanying counterfeit software. | ||
|
Write Comment
Return to News |
Displaying 1 through 25 of 143 Last | Next |
The time now is
12:46:35 PM
ET.
Any comment problems? E-mail us |
| #1 By 135 (209.180.28.6) at 11/21/2001 11:23:38 AM |
|
I think there is a South Park song in there somewhere. :)
This is an example of the type of piracy that harms consumers. The buyer thinks they are getting software and uses that in their comparison shopping. But the reality is the seller just marks the computer up by a couple hundred bucks, installs pirated software and pockets the profits. End result is the buyer doesn't get what they paid for. It's like the $60 copies of Office 97 on ebay. It's a ripoff to the buyer because they have just paid $60 to someone who spent $2 making a copy of a $300 program. Still I think it'd just be better if Microsoft sold it for $60 to begin with. :) |
| #2 By 135 (209.180.28.6) at 11/21/2001 2:24:03 PM |
|
I was using the example of Office97 because I actually encountered several people a few years ago who had bought obviously pirated copies off ebay. Microsoft has since cracked down on that hard with Office2k, XP, etc.
|
|
Write Comment
Return to News |
Displaying 1 through 25 of 143 Last | Next |
The time now is
12:46:35 PM
ET.
Any comment problems? E-mail us |
