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Lifestyle => Tha G-Spot => Topic started by: [Stoned]Jesus H. Christ[Wheat] on November 23, 2004, 10:41:47 AM

Title: See Even Microsoft Uses Pirated Software
Post by: [Stoned]Jesus H. Christ[Wheat] on November 23, 2004, 10:41:47 AM

Members of a former software-cracking group exposed that Microsoft have used illegally reverse engineered to create some of the content of Windows XP. The files in question are 9 .wav sound files.

The files are located in the "WINDOWS\Help\Tours\WindowsMediaPlayer\Audio\Wav" directory of Windows XP. If these files are opened with a HEX editor the code contains the signature "Deepz0ne", who was a member of former cracking group "Radium"    

The signature has been positively identified as "authentic for the cracked version of Sound Forge 4.5".
This all means that there are grounds for a massive copyright-infringement lawsuit for Microsoft.

for more goto
http://www.tomshardware.com/hardnews/20041115_135458.html

Title: Re: See Even Microsoft Uses Pirated Software
Post by: Jome on November 23, 2004, 08:16:15 PM

MS denied that they had used cracked software, and explained it with "It wasn't intented to be released, that was a mistake".

Much like the good old: "I only grew the weed at home for testing purposes, it was supposed to be destroyed afterwards".  ::)

Title: Re: See Even Microsoft Uses Pirated Software
Post by: Sikx on November 24, 2004, 04:01:15 AM

Quote from: Jome on November 23, 2004, 08:16:15 PM

Much like the good old: "I only grew the weed at home for testing purposes, it was supposed to be destroyed afterwards".  ::)

;D word.

Title: Re: See Even Microsoft Uses Pirated Software
Post by: chronicad on November 28, 2004, 06:58:19 AM

thats all Bill Gates is a billion dollar hacker

Title: Re: See Even Microsoft Uses Pirated Software
Post by: Da WCC Hopar! on November 28, 2004, 10:58:30 PM

Quote from: Jome on November 23, 2004, 08:16:15 PM

MS denied that they had used cracked software, and explained it with "It wasn't intented to be released, that was a mistake".

Much like the good old: "I only grew the weed at home for testing purposes, it was supposed to be destroyed afterwards".  ::)

LOL

Title: Re: See Even Microsoft Uses Pirated Software
Post by: T-Dogg on November 29, 2004, 10:30:47 AM

Quote from: Jome on November 23, 2004, 08:16:15 PM

MS denied that they had used cracked software, and explained it with "It wasn't intented to be released, that was a mistake".

Much like the good old: "I only grew the weed at home for testing purposes, it was supposed to be destroyed afterwards".  ::)

Well said Jome. ;D