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Originally Posted by no.guru
Copies of Microsoft's applications and OSs can be had through TPB and other sites. Remember Bill Gates' comment: "As long as they are going to steal it, we want them to steal ours."
MS benefits from piracy. I don't think we will see them taking action any time soon.
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How long ago were they saying that? I think they must have changed their mind once they reached market dominance because since XP their copy protection has become more and more intrusive with each release. Obviously that won't apply to pirate versions because it will have been stripped off, but it does show a desire not to have it copied. I've also heard they trawl through Ebay looking for people selling genuine OEM disks without a computer to go with it.