January 27, 200422 yr 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.
January 27, 200422 yr 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.
January 27, 200422 yr Author There's rumors that he sold the site for a full xbox package and a couple grand.
January 28, 200422 yr lol heard 'bout tha, glad microsoft backed down, altho i kinda wannted to see them (microsoft) get there a**'s kicked in court
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