Posted 07/21/2009 at 08:55:25pm

Just stupid, as it only will penalize MSFT's real customers.  Pirates will get copies that have this idiocy edited out.

Posted 07/11/2007 at 12:24:49pm

Statutory damages and attorneys fees typically are relatively trivial except in large corporate copyright cases. Thus registration in all likelihood would mean little here. Further, unlike the author of the story, I doubt the courts are ready to recognize virtual property rights, particularly given the effect such recognition would have on business interests as a whole. Still, will be interesting to see how this turns out.