A judgement against Micro$oft which has some teeth
Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on April 11, 2002 01:09 PM
Force Micro$oft to put really serious and effective copy protection into ALL their software.
Make it impossible for the purchaser to install their software on more than one computer at a time ... AND... If their copy protection proves ineffective, grant the offending copier an immediate pardon from prosecution.
Why would one do this? Well, isn't it time someone stopped this crap from being spread throughout the world like the virus it is? Gates and Ballmer have known since forever that this stuff would be copied and copied, if they make it easy enough for Joe User. And let's face it, it is easy!
Isn't this called entrapment? Force them to tighten up their act, and watch the fur fly! No more raids by the Software Gestapo... no more exhorbitant software pricing from G&B because income will have dropped to the point where they gotta move to Plan B - fire sale on software, "buy now while stocks last"
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A judgement against Micro$oft which has some teeth
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on April 11, 2002 01:09 PMMake it impossible for the purchaser to install their software on more than one computer at a time ... AND... If their copy protection proves ineffective, grant the offending copier an immediate pardon from prosecution.
Why would one do this?
Well, isn't it time someone stopped this crap from being spread throughout the world like the virus it is? Gates and Ballmer have known since forever that this stuff would be copied and copied, if they make it easy enough for Joe User. And let's face it, it is easy!
Isn't this called entrapment?
Force them to tighten up their act, and watch the fur fly! No more raids by the Software Gestapo... no more exhorbitant software pricing from G&B because income will have dropped to the point where they gotta move to Plan B - fire sale on software, "buy now while stocks last"
heh.
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