RE: Pirate copy of XP Home



Here's the link to report piracy to Microsoft -
http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/Reporting.mspx

I'd also suggest reporting it to eBay and to PayPal

"Tim" wrote:

> Possibly not the right newsgroup, in which case my apologies in advance.
>
> I live in Spain, and a couple of months ago, I bought a perfectly legitimate
> copy of XP Home for a niece's computer. At the same time, my son-in-law
> bought a supposedly legitimate copy from someone on Ebay (.es).
>
> (Need I say more?)
>
> Anyway, the obvious happened; a pirate copy of XP Home turned up with a
> photocopy of a licence; my son-in-law is out 75 euros, Ebay couldn't care
> less, and the legal process in Spain is so tortuous that it's just not worth
> the hassle.
>
> HOWEVER; I notice that it's still going on. Now, ordinary fraud, I doubt
> Microsoft is interested in; but someone selling pirate copies of XP home
> over the internet? So my question is; is there a specific department or
> web-site I can write to, in English, to see if any action can be taken
> against these crooks?
>
>
>
> Tim
>
>
>
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