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Dark_Me

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Microsoft sues teen for copyright infringement
« on: 2 January 2006, 02:49 »
http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/internet/01/19/offbeat.mike.rowe.soft.ap/
This is just stupid, they have utterly no case. Why do they persist in making idiots of themselves?
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Re: Microsoft sues teen for copyright infringement
« Reply #1 on: 2 January 2006, 02:53 »
This is old news. Still funny, though.
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Re: Microsoft sues teen for copyright infringement
« Reply #2 on: 2 January 2006, 04:17 »
Your sig is particuarly fitting for the thread. :D
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Re: Microsoft sues teen for copyright infringement
« Reply #3 on: 2 January 2006, 06:53 »
The living under the rock bit or the quote?
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Re: Microsoft sues teen for copyright infringement
« Reply #4 on: 2 January 2006, 11:59 »
Monday, January 19, 2004 Posted: 11:34 PM EST (0434 GMT)

that's when we saw it :)

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Re: Microsoft sues teen for copyright infringement
« Reply #5 on: 2 January 2006, 15:47 »
This was actually a marketing stunt by Microsoft to show the world that they where of good will by giving the teen a free Xbox.

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Re: Microsoft sues teen for copyright infringement
« Reply #6 on: 3 January 2006, 06:53 »
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This was actually a marketing stunt by Microsoft to show the world that they where of good will by giving the teen a free Xbox.


Is that what happened at the end? Still, just goes to show that M$ is nothing but a bunch of asshats as ever. Nice to know google is proving to be a brain drain on them (what brains they had to begin with).
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