Microsoft: SP2 Will Not Install on Pirated Copies of XP

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BetaNews | Microsoft: SP2 Will Not
Install on Pirated Copies of XP

BetaNews | Microsoft: SP2 Will Not
Install on Pirated Copies of XP 05/12/2004 05:26 AM
Microsoft: SP2 Will Not Install on Pirated Copies of XP .. Interview mit BetaNews

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Windows XP SP2 Won't Install on Pirated
Copies?

Windows XP SP2 Won't Install on Pirated
Copies? 05/17/2004 08:47 PM

Windows XP SP2 Won't Install on Pirated
Copies

Windows XP SP2 Won't Install on Pirated
Copies 05/11/2004 10:43 AM

Pirated Copies of Windows XP Allowed to
Install Service Pack 2

Pirated Copies of Windows XP Allowed to
Install Service Pack 2 05/09/2004 03:47 PM
Both legitimate and unlicensed users of Microsoft's XP operating system software will be able to download the Service Pack 2 security patch for free Microsoft's increasing concern over information security has translated into its decision to bite the bullet and make its upcoming SP2 (Service Pack 2) security patch available to all users - including those using pirated copies of its Windows XP software.

Microsoft Says: No XP SP2 for Pirated
Copies

Microsoft Says: No XP SP2 for Pirated
Copies 05/11/2004 09:05 AM

Microsoft to allow Windows XP SP2 to run
on pirated copies

Microsoft to allow Windows XP SP2 to run
on pirated copies 05/10/2004 10:17 AM
Computer Shopper May 10 2004 2:17PM GMT

Microsoft Corrects: No XP SP2 for
Pirated Copies

Microsoft Corrects: No XP SP2 for
Pirated Copies 05/11/2004 07:42 AM
Contrary to some reports, Microsoft confirms that Windows XP SP2 will not install on systems running known pirated copies of Windows XP.

UPDATED: Microsoft to allow Windows XP
SP2 to run on pirated copies

UPDATED: Microsoft to allow Windows XP
SP2 to run on pirated copies 05/10/2004 01:06 PM
Computer Shopper May 10 2004 5:12PM GMT

broadband » News » Pirated
Windows and Worms - Should Microsoft
supply patches for bootleg copies?

broadband » News » Pirated
Windows and Worms - Should Microsoft
supply patches for bootleg copies? 05/08/2004 03:46 AM
Should these infected PC's be allowed to grab timely critical updates, simply to help lessen the impact of worms web-wide? .. Pirated Windows and Worms: Should Microsoft supply patches for bootleg copies? .. bei DSL-Reports .. DSLReports .. discussion

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I just got the pirated copy of SP2 and
no problems, works great on my pirated
XP...lol...MS is lame

I just got the pirated copy of SP2 and
no problems, works great on my pirated
XP...lol...MS is lame 08/11/2004 06:50 PM
TechTree Aug 11 2004 11:37PM GMT

Microsoft Longhorn pirated and sold in
Asia

Microsoft Longhorn pirated and sold in
Asia 12/02/2003 04:15 AM

Microsoft Security Updates for Pirated
Windows?

Microsoft Security Updates for Pirated
Windows? 05/07/2004 12:43 AM

Microsoft Sues U.S. Stores Over Pirated
Software

Microsoft Sues U.S. Stores Over Pirated
Software 06/17/2005 03:18 PM
Microsoft Corp. sued four small software retailers in California and Virginia on Wednesday for selling pirated software. Microsoft, the world's largest software maker, said it had received complaints from consumers and businesses who had purchased software from CEO Microsystems Inc. and Wiston Group Inc. in California. In Virginia, Microsoft sued #9 Software Inc., East Outlet LLC and Super Supplier LLC.

News source: Reuters

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Microsoft Copies Gelertner...

Microsoft Copies Gelertner... 11/27/2002 08:37 AM
Hmm... Isn't this nothing more than Microsoft copying David Gelertner? Sigh. Engineers are working on software to load every photo you take, every letter you write - in fact your every memory and experience - into a surrogate brain that never forgets anything, New Scientist can reveal It is part of a curious venture dubbed the MyLifeBits project, in which engineers at Microsoft's Media Presence lab in San Francisco are aiming to build multimedia databases that chronicle people's life events and make them searchable. "Imagine being able to run a Google-like search on your life," says Gordon Bell, one of the developers. [ Go ] David Gelertner is a Yale computer scientist with a commercial company who makes software for this. He calls it life streams or time streams (and I forget the url; sorry).

Microsoft sells 210 mln copies of
Windows XP

Microsoft sells 210 mln copies of
Windows XP 05/03/2004 05:15 AM
Microsoft Corp said on Monday that retail and new PC sales of Windows XP, its flagship operating system, have grown to more than 210 million copies since the product was launched two and a half years ago. The world's largest software maker also unveiled on Monday the latest version of its anti-piracy software for digital files, music and movies, which it said would work with a wider class of online services and devices.

Microsoft sells 210 M copies of Windows
XP

Microsoft sells 210 M copies of Windows
XP 05/05/2004 10:48 PM
Manila Bulletin May 6 2004 3:14AM GMT

South Korean bank under probe for using
pirated Microsoft software

South Korean bank under probe for using
pirated Microsoft software 03/27/2005 01:37 PM

South Korean bank under probe for using
pirated Microsoft software (AFP)

South Korean bank under probe for using
pirated Microsoft software (AFP) 03/23/2005 01:22 PM
AFP - South Korea's third largest lender Hana Bank is under investigation for allegedly using pirated Microsoft software, police said.

Microsoft copies anti-copying software

Microsoft copies anti-copying software 04/13/2004 01:58 AM
IOL Apr 13 2004 6:31AM GMT

Microsoft Sells 210 Million Copies of
Windows XP (Reuters)

Microsoft Sells 210 Million Copies of
Windows XP (Reuters) 05/03/2004 09:33 AM
Reuters - Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O) said on Monday that retail and new PC sales of Windows XP, its flagship operating system, have grown to more than 210 million copies since the product was launched two and a half years ago.

Microsoft Allows Pirates to Install XP
SP2

Microsoft Allows Pirates to Install XP
SP2 05/09/2004 11:28 AM

Erotica Found Within Microsoft Office
Install

Erotica Found Within Microsoft Office
Install 04/01/2005 11:33 AM
A Swedish security group said Friday that they had discovered erotica stored among files inside Microsoft's Office XP suite.

Windows XP SP2: To Install or Not to
Install. Is that the Question?

Windows XP SP2: To Install or Not to
Install. Is that the Question? 08/19/2004 10:46 PM

One in three of all CDs are pirated!

One in three of all CDs are pirated! 07/23/2004 05:58 PM
123Bharath.com Jul 23 2004 10:42PM GMT

Is That Pirated Software?

Is That Pirated Software? 09/17/2004 08:00 PM

Moment of pirated Chinese DVD zen

Moment of pirated Chinese DVD zen 12/24/2004 12:29 PM
Xeni Jardin: Image: the cover of a pirated "Kill Bill" DVD in China with the headline "HERE COMES THE BRINE." BoingBoing reader Jon Rahoi says:

I'm living in mainland China for a couple of months. The dearth of English TV and the terrible quality of Chinese shows made me set out, on my very first day, to a local DVD store.

They're on every street. These people must listen to and watch a fair number of movies and CDs. But since the average wage here is, very roughly, US$150 a month, and the average DVD costs about US$15 back home, how can they afford it? Do they get a continental discount?

I walked in and got right to the discount rack. Dozens of American and foreign movies were on sale for 6RMB, about 75ΒΆ! The full-price ones ranged from 12-18RMB ($1.50 - $2.25.) Obviously, these are copies, fakes, pirate booty. But how good are they? For the sake of journalistic thoroughness, I bought 35 of them.

(...) The DVD cases are works of pirate art. They are all made in the same style from hard glossy cardboard. Cheaply made, but professionally graphically designed. They're so uniform, you can tell they almost all come from one maker. What makes them art, though, are the mistakes: made by a genius dyslexican who flunked the TOEFL. English literacy here is almost zero. A Chinese person picking up a movie to buy would not read the title, the quotes, the description, or the credits if they were in English. But any American movie case has to have English, right?

Here's a report on Jon's blog, Lin k, and here's another entry on the in-theater experience -- "To The Chinaplex": Lin k

BoingBoing reader Charles Lin adds,

I lived in China for a short while, and the pirated DVD's tend to have OCR errors. How they got "brine" from "bride" is a horrid mistake, but especially when it comes to recognizing movie blurbs and the blocks of credits on the back, most of the errors don't appear to be typing transcription errors, but OCR errors from a scanner. Much of the box art doesn't look like the American version because it's scanned in from foreign posters for the movies, which often are of a slightly different design.

73% of software in India is pirated

73% of software in India is pirated 04/13/2005 07:29 PM
ZDNet Apr 13 2005 11:05PM GMT

Pirated computer toners, CDs seized

Pirated computer toners, CDs seized 06/01/2004 07:02 PM
The Hindu Jun 1 2004 11:03PM GMT

Pirated CD sales top US$4.5 billion
according to IFPI

Pirated CD sales top US$4.5 billion
according to IFPI 07/22/2004 09:56 PM
According to an industry trade group, sales of pirated CDs in 2003 accounted for over US$4.5 billion in revenues for commercial piracy operations.

$87 Million in Pirated Software Seized

$87 Million in Pirated Software Seized 09/17/2004 02:21 PM

A multi-state ring of software pirates was apprehended by U.S. law enforcement authorities, resulting in a seizure of possibly $87 million worth of pirated software. The raid followed a two-year investigation of 11 people from California, Texas, and Washington. The 11 defendants are charged with conspiring to distribute counterfeit computer software and documentation with a retail value of well over $30 million. according to a statement released by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California.

The investigation, called Digital Marauder originally anticipated $30 million in bootleg software would be recovered. However, during the seizure, Federal Bureau of Investigation agents found more than $56 million worth of counterfeit Microsoft, Adobe and Symantec products and an industrial CD replicator and printing equipment in San Francisco, California and Austin, Texas.

According to the statement, United States Attorney Debra W. Yang, a member of the Attorney General’s Intellectual Property Task Force, said this case illustrates the Justice Department’s commitment to battle intellectual property crimes. “The scope of this case is unprecedented. In one indictment, we have charged both the manufacturers who supplied the counterfeit items and the distributors who flooded the market with the bogus goods. We have devoted the time and the resources that were needed to dismantle an entire distribution chain, from beginning to end. Rest assured that we will be looking at all who are involved in this underground black market."

The defendants are scheduled to be arraigned on the indictment on Monday, September 20 in United States District Court in Los Angeles. If convicted of the charges in the indictment, the defendants face potential prison sentences ranging from 15 years to 75 years in federal prison.

Dave's Opinion
This is good news for the software vendors affected by the software pirates; however, in reality, the raid makes a minor dent in the global market for pirated software. According to a 2003 study by the Business Software Alliance, thirty-six percent of the software installed on computers worldwide was pirated in 2003, representing a loss of nearly $29 billion.

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References
Operation Digital Marauder Statement
Business Software Alliance Study

Pirated Passion DVDs seized in US

Pirated Passion DVDs seized in US 03/06/2004 02:04 AM
Copies of The Passion of the Christ are among illegal DVDs recovered by police in Philadelphia.

41% of computer software in Ireland
illegally pirated

41% of computer software in Ireland
illegally pirated 07/07/2004 04:29 AM
Irish Independent Jul 7 2004 8:52AM GMT

Windows 2000 Source Code Pirated?

Windows 2000 Source Code Pirated? 02/13/2004 10:41 AM
From Microsoft Watch: It seems there may be something to the rumors that Microsoft's Windows 2000 source code have leaked to the Web. While it might not be all of the source code, there is something that looks and smells an awful lot like the real thing that has been available on pirate boards since earlier Thursday. Microsoft says it is investigating the matter.

Microsoft's Longhorn Pirated, 3 Years
Early

Microsoft's Longhorn Pirated, 3 Years
Early 12/02/2003 09:56 AM
New York Post Dec 2 2003 9:20AM ET

Pirated Passion DVDs flood Peru

Pirated Passion DVDs flood Peru 04/20/2004 04:42 AM
The release of The Passion of the Christ is brought forward in Peru because so many pirate DVDs are being sold.

Is a pirated version available or be
available in near future ? as Pros shud
get it FOC ;):)

Is a pirated version available or be
available in near future ? as Pros shud
get it FOC ;):) 08/10/2004 07:05 AM
TechTree Aug 10 2004 11:52AM GMT

U2 vows iTunes release if album pirated

U2 vows iTunes release if album pirated 07/25/2004 10:58 PM
CNET Jul 26 2004 2:50AM GMT

"an anti-Moore website links to pirated
F9/11"

"an anti-Moore website links to pirated
F9/11" 07/05/2004 09:37 AM

36 percent of software worldwide
pirated, trade group says

36 percent of software worldwide
pirated, trade group says 07/07/2004 09:25 AM
SiliconValley.com Jul 7 2004 12:46PM GMT
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