From: "John Beamish" 

As has been pointed out here many times, this (and other approaches) stop
casual piracy but those who are seriously into piracy are momentarily
delayed.  IOW, you stop 1% of piracy and put a hiccup in the road for the
other 99%.


On Thu, 16 Nov 2006 04:48:51 -0500, Ad
 wrote:

> http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=35773
>
> "DESPITE Microsoft's anti-piracy measures, cracked copies of its Vista
> operating system are already available on torrent sites, it's claimed.
>
> One cracked version is called VistaBillGates and comes with a product
> key, and an "activation crack" that bypasses Vole's
activation process.
>
> Apparently Microsoft Office 2007 Enterprise Edition has also been
> cracked. So far Microsoft has refused to comment about hacks, but claims
> it is working hard to stop pirates."
>
>
> Gee so if I want a copy of Vista right now, the only place to go
> is.......
>
> TDNBW
>
> Adam

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