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by sailingparrot
2976 days ago
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> So Microsoft lied to the US government about the value of what was being "stolen", and got the US government to foot the bill of prosecuting the case. Source for that? Microsoft is clearly denying this, so who is right?: > "Microsoft did not bring this case: U.S. Customs referred the case to federal prosecutors after intercepting shipments of counterfeit software imported from China by Mr. Lundgren." and > "Customs authorities referred the case to federal prosecutors. The United States Attorney’s Office in Miami pressed charges and Mr. Lundgren pleaded guilty. Microsoft was called as an expert witness toward the end of the legal proceedings. " From: https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2018/04/27/the-fac... |
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There are about three or four lies on there, which anybody familiar with the computer recycling business can confirm.
Microsoft had no potential sales of genuine operating systems through this conduct because any license these discs would have been useful for was affixed to the computer and not included with the counterfeit discs. Hence, the loss and restitution amount were falsely stated.
As to the fanciful notion that Microsoft was somehow called in at the 11th hour, with zero involvement in the case prior to that moment, one would only need to talk to any attorney versed in criminal law to disabuse themselves of it.
Prosecutors don't bring cases they aren't relatively certain they can win- that's why they have a 93+% win rate. That means contacting the "victim" from the get-go to make sure they're willing to cooperate and testify.