Microsoft Sues U.S. Stores Over Pirated Software

SpinnerSpinner Birmingham, UK
edited June 2005 in Science & Tech
Microsoft sued four small software retailers in California and Virginia on Wednesday for selling pirated software. The software giant said it had received complaints from consumers and businesses who had purchased software from CEO Microsystems and Wiston Group Inc. in California. Microsoft said it began investigating the complaints from customers who had bought software from the stores and tried to register it, unsuccessfully.
"In filing these lawsuits, we hope to curb the amount of pirated and counterfeit software on the market and keep illegal software from finding its way into the hands of unknowing consumers and businesses," Mary Jo Schrade, a senior attorney at Microsoft, said in a statement.
Source: Reuters

Comments

  • TheSmJTheSmJ
    edited June 2005
    Who would even bother trying to sell copies of WinXP like that?
  • Shadow2018Shadow2018 Northwest Missouri
    edited June 2005
    How can anyone be that stupid.
  • NomadNomad A Small Piece of Hell Icrontian
    edited June 2005
    "Hey, this doesn't have a label on the CD and the name is written in sharpie."

    "They all come like that."
  • airbornflghtairbornflght Houston, TX Icrontian
    edited June 2005
    how stupid some people are, and the customer is even worse since the bought it.....Idiots....
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