Microsoft pirating software...

holodocholodoc
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in General Discussion edited January 2014
I saw this over at <a href="http://www.macnews.info"; target="_blank">Macnews.info</a>: apparently M$ was pirating software in Softimage3d for a while, and a french court found them guilty and fined then 3million francs. M$ sold the software to Avid. The funny part is that M$ have been leading an anti-piracy movement recently...

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  • Reply 1 of 2
    hmurchisonhmurchison Posts: 12,425member
    That's brilliant! That should make Headlines everywhere! Piracy is really easier than most people think. Tracking licenses is not easy for companies that have grown quickly or merged a few times.
  • Reply 2 of 2
    the milkmanthe milkman Posts: 94member
    Unfortunately that is a slap on the wrist to Microsoft. 3 million Francs is roughly a little over $400,000 US. It could become a PR nightmare for MS, but considering there has been no real pres coverage for this (they were convicted of this last September!).



    Oh well...



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