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Microsoft Sues 21 Resellers, Alleging Piracy

Posted by Susan Hall Jun 10, 2008 9:50:39 AM

Microsoft has filed 21 federal lawsuits against resellers in 14 states as it continues its campaign against software piracy, reports The Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

 

The lawsuits allege that defendants either sold illegally copied DVDs of Microsoft software or PCs loaded with illegal copies of the software. The suits were filed in Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Ohio, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Washington and Virginia.

 

Almost all the lawsuits concerned Windows XP or consumer versions of Office. Two suits alleged piracy of an enterprise version of the software, reports PCWorld.com.

 

None of the suits concerned Windows Vista, leading to this headline in the always-cynical Inquirer:

Vista's so bad no one steals it

Microsoft initiated a similar blitz of lawsuits last October.

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