Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> Demand for Immediate Take-Down: Notice of Infringing Activity
>From what was stated in the quoted material, it sounds like Microsoft
is well within it's rights. Part of the value of a copyright is the
ability
to enforce it, to prevent other from publishing copies to others
without
the properly license.
Despite what Napster tried to argue, putting copyrighted material
on a web site and allowing others to "share" it, without compliance
with the terms, conditions, and royalties of the copyright license, and
without a proper distribution license.
I was quite surprised to see Vista on sale at the computer show
last week. The "OEM Price" for BASIC was $49, for Business was $159,
and for Ultimate was $199. I'm sure that Microsoft would not approve
of these
premature sales, especially in a computer show where not everyone
buying
Vista was buying a new computer.
The one thing that might have tempted me was that when I have
previously
purchased the OEM license, I often got an OEM License agreement with
it.
But given that Microsoft hasn't even authorized the sale, I didn't want
to take
a chance on not being able to get it activated. Besides, I've already
indicated
that I'm not terribly interested in paying a rediculous amount of money
for
a memory sucking pig that ill try to grab all available memory and
fight
giving it up, especially since Home Basic cannot be used with Virtual
Machines,
and anything else will try to install features which obstruct
functioning as a
virtual machine. With XP, or 2K, I can allocate 128Meg of a 1.5 GIG
RAM space
to a Windows VM, and Linux/VMWare will keep it from grabbing everything
else.
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | URL: http://www.securegb.com/viewthread.php?tid=1171
> | http://www.securegb.com/viewthread.php?tid=1198
> | CASE #: 69586
> |
> | 22 January 2007
> |
> | Dear Sir or Madam,
> |
> | Microsoft has received information that the domain listed above, which
> | appears to be on servers under your control, is offering unlicensed
> | copies of, or is engaged in other unauthorized activities relating to
> | copyrighted works published by Microsoft.
> |
> | 1. Identification of copyrighted works:
> |
> | Copyrighted work(s):
> | Windows Vista RTM 6000
> |
> | Copyright owner:
> | Microsoft Corporation
> |
> | 2. Copyright infringing material or activity found at the following
> | location(s): http://www.securegb.com/viewthread.php?tid=1171
> |
> | http://www.securegb.com/viewthread.php?tid=1198
> |
> | The above computer program(s) is being made available for copying,
> | through downloading, at the above location without authorization of the
> | copyright owner.
> |
> | 3. Statement of authority:
> |
> | The information in this notice is accurate, and I hereby certify under
> | penalty of perjury that I am authorized to act on behalf of Microsoft,
> | the owner of the copyright(s) in the work(s) identified above. I have a
> | good faith belief that none of the materials or activities listed above
> | have been authorized by Microsoft, its agents, or the law.
> |
> | We hereby give notice of these activities to you and request that you
> | take expeditious action to remove or disable access to the material
> | described above, and thereby prevent the illegal reproduction and
> | distribution of this software via your company's network.
Something is unclear here. Are they offering this via a public web
site?
If so, they could find themselves facing 5 years in federal prison, or
being owned, in part, by Microsoft. Assuming they have anything of
value. It would be prison if not.
The other possibility is that this is a corporate server, making Vista
available only to their employees.
But the nature of the letter would seem to indicate that this is not
the case. Even if it were, Microsoft
hasn't authorized such distribution yet, have they?
> | We appreciate your cooperation in this matter. Please advise us
> | regarding what actions you take.
> |
> | Yours sincerely,
> |
> | Martin J. Green
> | Internet Investigator
> |
> | on behalf of Microsoft Corporation
> | One Microsoft Way
> | Redmond, WA 98052
> | United States of America
> `----
>
> http://www.securegb.com/viewthread.php?tid=1315
>
>
> Related:
>
> Microsoft to take over MikeRoweSoft.com
>
> http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/internet/01/26/mikerowesoft.settle.ap/
Unless the guy's name is Mike Rowe, he has a problem :D
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