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Microsoft Sues Auction Site Users For Counterfeiting

Microsoft is moving against alleged counterfeiters who use online auction sites like PriceGrabber.com and eBay to sell software that is packaged to look like the real thing, but is far from it.

12 minute read December 21, 2007 at 01:31 PM
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John Pacenti
Microsoft Sues Auction Site Users For Counterfeiting
Miami Beach resident Ryan Kepford didn't get such great feedback from his alleged customers on the online auction site PriceGrabber.com.

'The version of Windows XP Pro was a bootleg copy and vendor would not contact me,' Brian1942 from Michigan posted in August.

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