Posted by higgy on 12/28/19 11:26

"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
>>
>> "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.


higgy.

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