>First, Craig, the police don't do "business". When I wrote "no matter who you are" I was referring to Microsoft.

Really? Actually, they do. Their "business" is enforcing the laws.

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>Then there is the question of did he really know. I don't think he "knew". It seems he knew that PCs were being passed downward. He may even have suggested that it be done. But I'd bet that he didn't do the 'handing down' himself. He no doubt relied on his (IT?) staff to do the actual work. You know, the way Microsoft contracts out lots of its work and then you say it's the contractor's fault, not Microsoft's when something goes wrong < s >.

It's his company...he's responsible, even if he didn't do it. But, did the BSA and Microsoft go after him personally or just the company?

>Wouldn't it be the cat's as~ if the disgruntled former employee was the actual doer of the deeds!
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>Finally there's the whole SMELL of the thing. Disgruntled employee informs Microsift or BSA or whoever. Marshalls are called, a "take down" happens in full raw glory (film at 6) and ads are taken out to fully expose the "offender". Like they do in some towns for johns caught propositioning (or whatever) a hooker!!!

It was criminal activity and a matter of public record. Again, I'm not saying Microsoft handled it properly, but neither did the offending party.

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>Microsoft - the root of the problem - let this thing get way way out of control. They gave themselves a black eye in the process.

No... Microsoft is not the root of the problem. It's the people pirating the software. If people never pirated software, there would be no need for the BSA.