Thursday, 25. January 2007

Microsoft Mistakenly Accuses 2.6 Million Half A Million Of Having Pirated Versions Of Windows


Remember Microsoft's "Windows Genuine Advantage" program? The one that would tell you if you had a pirated copy of Windows, but was coming up with all sorts of false positives, causing trouble for plenty of legitimate users? Well, now it appears that Microsoft is 'fessing up to the fact that it may have mistakenly labeled somewhere around 2.6 million legitimate Windows users as "pirates."

techdirt.com

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