re: Wow is Vista out?
Friday, September 16, 2005 at 3:39 pm
Windows Vista Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by VXD3d2k
(2 messages posted)
All i like about Vista is the visuals. Im just going to download a Vista Mod for
xp and watch all the morons get busted with illegal copies of vista. I hope their
adding a self void/piracy notification feature. LOL
On Thursday, September 15, 2005 at 11:56 am, 666 wrote:
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>Ray Gamgeeni wrote: Shuldnt be hard for Microsoft to track them down given their
>IPs are logged when they post (...) the creators of this website could also be in
>trouble for supporting piracy.
>
>Would be extremely hard for Microsoft to take any kind of legal action based on
an
>IP address from the logs of a discussion forum.
>
>First they need to get the IP address from the forum logs, then they need to get
>names etc. from an ISP, and then they need to prove that the IP was actually used
>to download or upload their software.
>
>A forum post itself won't do for evidence, just like me posting a message like "I
>shot JFK" won't have any legal value.
>
>They'd have a better chance of success if they monitor the P2P networks directly.
>
>The creators of this forum won't have any legal trouble because of what's discussed
>here. Posting and hosting a message like I downloaded a copy of Vista from BitTorrent
>is not illegal unless that message is accompanied by a link to the illegal content
>itself (in some countries a link to e.g. a torrent file may be illegal too).
>
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