Posted on 04/26/2018 6:29:18 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
...Lundgren will serve a 15-month prison sentence and will be forced to pay a $50,000 fine.
Lundgren had taken to downloading free software that Microsoft offers to Windows users commonly called restore disks...
Many states are actively pushing for legislation that guarantees consumers the right to repair their own gadgets, California has legislation in process to force device makers to provide users and third parties with items needed to repair devices...
(Excerpt) Read more at hothardware.com ...
Or tractor or truck or...
Microsoft accuses him of acquiring or creating counterfeit disks - but the same article states that he merely copied Microsoft’s own files or ISOs.
I’m not saying he’s in the right but shouldn’t we at least expect Microsoft to know the difference between counterfeit (forged) and illegally copied/duplicated?
Not sure in his case.
My experience with the electronics recycling and resale crowd has shown them (mostly) to be liars, cheats, sweatshop operators, and petty dictators.
Ping!..................
I don’t get it.
He’s SELLING disks with software MS GIVES AWAY?...........
Oh I agree. The high-tech flea market types literally believe they can get something for nothing.
He should have just raped or shot somebody. He’d serve less time.
Technically MS is saying these disks are for those who already have a licensed copy of Windows especially since, in many cases, machines ship without physical media.
The culprit may be violating the spirit of the law if not the letter of the law.
A larger question - and an increasingly frequent one - is: why are government prosecutors doing the bidding of a private company? MS can bring a civil suit if it wishes.
The article erroneously says ‘MS filed criminal charges.’ No, only the DA/prosecutor/government can do that. MS can file a criminal complaint but the charges are not up to them. Which means, as usual, the courts are for sale to the highest bidder.
Some of the stuff I experienced working in that line was mind blowingly absurd.
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