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INTERNET users have expressed fury at Microsoft's anti-piracy tool which accesses computers to check that they have a legal version of Windows.

The tool is currently targeting Chinese computer users to ensure they buy genuine software and not a copy.

The "Windows Genuine Advantage" programme, which turns the user's desktop black if the installed software fails a validation test, is Microsoft's latest weapon in its war on piracy in China, where the vast majority of 200 million computer users are believed to be using fake software, unwittingly or not.

"Why is Microsoft automatically connected with my computer? The computer is mine!" one angry blogger wrote on popular Chinese web portal Sina.com.

"Microsoft has no right to control my hardware without my agreement."

Another blogger railed over the cost of authorised versions.

"If the price of genuine software was lower than the fake one, who would buy the fake one?" he wrote.

Dong Zhengwei, 35, a Beijing lawyer, described Microsoft as the "biggest hacker in China with its intrusion into users' computer systems without their agreement or any judical authority", the China Daily reported.

"Microsoft's measure will cause serious functional damage to users' computers and, according to China's Criminal Law, the company can stand accused of breaching and hacking into computer systems," he was quoted as saying.

"I respect the right of Microsoft to protect its intellectual property, but it is taking on the wrong target with wrong measures. They should target producers and sellers of fake software, not users."

The software giant defends the programme on its website as "part of Microsoft's commitment to help protect its intellectual property and to help you avoid problems before they happen".

News.com.au


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RE: Microsoft described as the biggest hacker in China

"They should target producers and sellers of fake software, not users"

producers wouldn't produced product if there's no user want it.
But i also agree that action suppose to be take to the producer instead of the major user.

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11-13-2008 07:21 AM
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