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10-24-2008
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| Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | Chinese Pirates Angry Over Microsoft’s Blackout Anti-Piracy Tool Chinese Pirates Angry Over Microsoft’s Blackout Anti-Piracy Tool Written by Alex Castle 10/23/08 at 03:21:17 PMNever ones to shy away from an uphill battle, Microsoft has recently been taking new steps to combat software piracy in China. They’ve launched a program, euphemistically called “Windows Genuine Advantage,” which blacks out users' screens if it discovers that they’re running pirated Microsoft software. In China, a country where a large majority of computers are running pirated software, this move has, predictably, caused quite an uproar. Read more at the Source: Chinese Pirates Angry Over Microsoft's™ Blackout Anti-Piracy Tool | Maximum PC |
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10-24-2008
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| Vista Ultimate 64bit SP2/ | Re: Chinese Pirates Angry Over Microsoft’s Blackout Anti-Piracy Tool Haha  |
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10-24-2008
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| Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | Re: Chinese Pirates Angry Over Microsoft’s Blackout Anti-Piracy Tool LOL, it is funny. Too bad pirates.  |
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10-24-2008
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| Vista Ult 64bit Windows 7 64 bit Server 2008 RC2 | Re: Chinese Pirates Angry Over Microsoft’s Blackout Anti-Piracy Tool I feel sorry for those that truly didn't know, but for those that did, too bad. HA HA.  |
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10-24-2008
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| Vista x64 Ultimate | Re: Chinese Pirates Angry Over Microsoft’s Blackout Anti-Piracy Tool I hope it only affects illegal copies. Look at the activate server glitch. |
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10-24-2008
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| Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Ultimate x64 SP2 Windows 7 7127 x64 | Re: Chinese Pirates Angry Over Microsoft’s Blackout Anti-Piracy Tool High time the Chinese get to pay up! |
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10-24-2008
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| Vista x64 Ultimate | Re: Chinese Pirates Angry Over Microsoft’s Blackout Anti-Piracy Tool You still have the Russians, and India and most of Asia. |
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10-24-2008
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| Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Ultimate x64 SP2 Windows 7 7127 x64 | Re: Chinese Pirates Angry Over Microsoft’s Blackout Anti-Piracy Tool What about the UK and US? There is a bay specially for pirates that reaches the whole world! |
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10-24-2008
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| Vista Ultimate SP1 x64 | Re: Chinese Pirates Angry Over Microsoft’s Blackout Anti-Piracy Tool i dont think its fair to blame microsoft. Its the same as saying 'my aunt left me $200,000 (even tho she lives in a box) i shouldnt have to give the money back to the people it was stolen from' |
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10-24-2008
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| Windows Vista™ Ultimate x64 | Re: Chinese Pirates Angry Over Microsoft’s Blackout Anti-Piracy Tool Wooo go MS!  |
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