Deadeye Posted January 27, 2004 Share Posted January 27, 2004 Paul Thurrott of Windows and .NET Magazine tells the story of a Canadian teenager called Mike Rowe who brought down the full wrath of Redmond's lawyers when he set up a website called MikeRoweSoft.com. They sent him a 25-page letter demanding that he hand over the domain name. Rowe goes to the press, his site gets massive interest, his case gets lots of support, and suddenly, Microsoft has backed down, issuing anapology in which the company admitted that it had acted improperly.Hehe, another case of copyright issues...Interestingly enough, this guy is in Gr. 12 in a school only 30 KM from mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luker3 Posted January 27, 2004 Share Posted January 27, 2004 Oh, did Microsoft back down on the issue. They were offering him like $10 for the site. Pretty crazy. But I am glad Microsoft backed down, otherwise they were making themselves look like idiots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadeye Posted January 27, 2004 Author Share Posted January 27, 2004 There's rumors that he sold the site for a full xbox package and a couple grand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystik_MDS Posted January 27, 2004 Share Posted January 27, 2004 LOLZ thats awesome now if only i had a name like that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WSAENOTSOCK Posted January 27, 2004 Share Posted January 27, 2004 LOL. What's so special with that name? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystik_MDS Posted January 27, 2004 Share Posted January 27, 2004 Mike Rowe SoftMicrosoft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r1pP3r Posted January 27, 2004 Share Posted January 27, 2004 lol thats funny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangbang Posted January 28, 2004 Share Posted January 28, 2004 lol heard 'bout tha, glad microsoft backed down, altho i kinda wannted to see them (microsoft) get there a**'s kicked in court Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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