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Old 05-27-2006, 08:38 AM
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Microsoft gears up to tackle pirates

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The Times of India
Bangalore
26 May 2006

Microsoft gears up to tackle pirates
By R Raghavendra/TNN

Bangalore: Microsoft has had it enough with piracy. In an effort to discourage cheap replicas of its software, Microsoft India has decided to go after software pirates starting July. The company is unifying all its anti-piracy efforts under the name Genuine Software Initiative and would be spending close to $9 million in India under this initiative.

THE ACTION PLAN

Beginning next week, Microsoft will bombard you with messages in case you are using pirated software. The software behemoth is kicking off an online notification service that would notify users if their system is not using genuine Windows software. There will be pop-ups at frequent intervals, telling the user he is a victim of piracy. The message will also direct the user to a site for validating the version of Windows. If this cannot be done, it will provide an option to buy genuine software or direct him to a Microsoft reseller.

Read Full Article at ePaper section in http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/

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26 May 2006
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Clever tactic by Microsoft, I bet it works in getting a lot of people to convert. But it wont be long until someone has an anti popup or technique to get around this.
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there are already cracks and patches available for it
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