Posted by Atropos on 12/28/34 11:26

"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
>>>
>>> "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.

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