Microsoft blacks out illegal software.
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Microsoft blacks out illegal software.

When you download Windows illegally (or any other software for that matter) you MUST assume the risk associated with the illegal download. In the video below, you’ll see where in China, Microsoft has begun to black out screens every hour on computers that have Windows XP that was an illegal download or hasn’t passed validation.

Some of the users who have the pirated software are angry because they see Microsoft blacking out the screens as holding their computer ransom. This is where I believe when you download the software illegally, you assume the risks associated with it. If I download a movie off a p2p network and get a virus, that’s my fault. It messes up my whole computer and I have to PAY to get it fixed. That’s the risk I assumed by downloading that movie.

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