Microsoft using pirated software to make windows XP

vigge_sWe

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Deepz0ne is a very well known cracker. Read below for history:

Microsoft have been bust yet again. They have been using a cracked version of Sound Forge to create files that are inside the Windows Tour folder.

These files have been made with Sound Forge 4.5 (The cracked version) first cracked by a cracker called "Deepz0ne".

Deepz0ne was one of the founders of the cracking group "Radium" and cracked the first ever Sound Forge 4.5, for illegal, pirate use.

It seems that Microsoft have got the pirate copy, and just made the files on that.

How do I fnd this you ask? Do the following:

Click "My Computer"
Double click the C:/ Drive (Local Disk)
Double click the "WINDOWS" folder
Double click the "Help" folder
Double click the "Tours" folder
Double click the "WindowsMediaPlayer& quot; folder
Double click the "Audio" folder

You will then be presented with WAV files. Right click any one of these, and open it with NotePad. Scroll right to the bottom and you should see this:

"2000-04-06 IENG Deepz0ne ISFT Sound Forge 4.5" The first 4 digits may alter, but everything else stays the same.

As you can clearly see, Deepz0ne's cracked SoundForge was used to create these files, which is illegal. Also considering microsoft is against it...

Source

I actually wanted to see if this was true and it was... I found this in those files:

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2000-04-06 IENG Deepz0ne ISFT Sound Forge 4.5

mase

Lmao. Microsoft is so messed up.

Perfection

Well... just because those files are there... Is this news really true?

vigge_sWe

Perfection wrote:

Well... just because those files are there... Is this news really true?

If you search Google for "deepz0ne" or "radium" you will encounter that it is a cracker/cracker team

Andromeda

lol poor microsoft
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zangetsu

it probably wasnt M$ that was using the software but an employee of M$ so in that case, the employee will be dealt with probably by a termination notice and a very small settlement will probably also take place, nothing ground breaking thats for sure. ohh well "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em..."

ReverandMaynard

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it probably wasnt M$ that was using the software but an employee of M$ so in that case, the employee will be dealt with probably by a termination notice and a very small settlement will probably also take place, nothing ground breaking thats for sure. ohh well "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em..."

While it is true that the employee at fault will be dealt with and terminated, MS as a corporation is still liable for any charges that may result. We learned in Corporate Law that any employee of a corporation is an agent of that corporation, meaning that the actions they perform while employed by a corporation are not considered to be "their own" actions, but rather are considered to be actions by the corporation as a whole. Hence, anything that a lone MS employee does (right or wrong) is considered to be an action by the corporation as a whole.

This is why corporations are so anal retentive when it comes to their employees, btw :ugeek:

JonMonreal

It seems to me that there are many cases of unintended content being shipped anymore.

I've heard of driver disks with mariachi music, PCs shipping with malware, and restore disks with pirated movies included. In the end, it seems absurd that anyone would be stupid enough to cause problems like this, but it happens every once in a while.

vigge_sWe

JonMonreal wrote:

It seems to me that there are many cases of unintended content being shipped anymore.

I've heard of driver disks with mariachi music, PCs shipping with malware, and restore disks with pirated movies included. In the end, it seems absurd that anyone would be stupid enough to cause problems like this, but it happens every once in a while.

oooh I would want a hardisk with adobe mastercollection CS4 preinstalled on it for free. That would be nice

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