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Posted by Okilee Dokilee on 10/23/84 11:26
"Atropos" <davewhite122000@spamnoyahoo.com> wrote in message
news:dg2hhi$g6h$1@news.freedom2surf.net...
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> "higgy" <higgyslacker@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:4324a56f$0$17477$ed2e19e4@ptn-nntp-reader04.plus.net...
> > "Stephen \(aka steford\)" wrote:
> >
> >> mo wrote:
> >>> So now I know why there are so many DVD pirates around here..
> >>>
> >>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/staffordshire/4230658.stm
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> >>> "He had also received payments from 518 customers which came to a
> >>> total of more than 11,000. "
> >>>
> >>> Now how long does it take to buy, copy, package and post 500 DVDs?
> >>
> >> "Withington, from Stafford, even registered his new computer in the
> >> name of the trading standards officer who was investigating his
> >> activities."
> >>
> >> What does this mean?
> >
> > It means he paid for a legitimate copy of Windows *and* bought it
> > separately from the machine! Registration wouldn't be offered on a pre-
> > installed system or one running an activation hack.
> >
> > They don't make pirates like they used to.
> >
>
> I thought it was saying that he registered his copy of XP, using the name
of
> the trading standards officer.
>
Yes that's what I figured as well.
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