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Article #1026

Re: MS Office97 only $45

#1026
From: Chris Johnson
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 00:00
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aw guys, don't worry, I already reported him to Microsoft days ago. =)

Jay <jay@swift-web.com> wrote in message
news:72vpjb$n40$1@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca...
>Thanks for the quick judgement there buddy...but I've seen illegal
+ACI-sealed+ACI-
>copies of software bouncing around...I'm just questioning it because the
>person selling the items have 8 copies (it's not like they bought one and
>then changed their mind)  this is below cost and could easily sell for much
>more if they were legit so warning flags go up for me)
>
>As for the +ACI-Easy Fulfillment+ACI- or your claims of illegal copies I
don't care
>what this person or yourself titles it.  I just reminding those that
believe
>everything they read on the internet that if it is too good to be true then
>it probably is illegal.  If I miss-out on a great legit deal then so be it.
>I'd rather miss-out than be on microsoft's hit list.
>
>Oh yeah, and if your too afraid to put your real email address and not
>bounce it off the local university servers and then to a hotmail account
>then maybe your comments just are not all that important to me.  (And
>probably not respected by others either.)
>
>
>Observer wrote in message +ADw-3651DFDA.A0AE8468+AEA-hotmail.com+AD4-...
>+AD4-Well, another idiot has added his two cents without knowing what he's
>talking
>+AD4-about. The guy in the newpaper article was NOT selling +ACI-Easy
Fulfillment+ACI-,
>he
>+AD4-was actually making illegal copies of Office 97. Jay wrote:
>+AD4-
>+AD4APg- this post reminds me of this response I saw earlier (copied
below):
>+AD4APg-
>+AD4APg- --- Previous Message Posted Earlier ---
>+AD4APg-
>+AD4APg- I'm sure every one in this newsgroup (triangle.forsale) is aware
of Gary
>+AD4APg- Brooks (flash+AEA-wizvax.net, et al.)...this guy CHUBAK is hawking
the same
>+AD4APg- crap.
>+AD4APg- Do the software industry a favor and DON'T buy from him.
>+AD4APg-
>+AD4APg- In article +ADw-72569f+ACQ-sd2+ACQ-1+AEA-nnrp1.dejanews.com+AD4-,
>+AD4APg-   mav5+AEA-my-dejanews.com wrote:
>+AD4APg- +AD4- FOR SALE:
>+AD4APg- +AD4-
>+AD4APg- +AD4- BRAND NEW, SEALED
>+AD4APg- +AD4- Microsoft Office 97 Professional on CD-ROM (Full Version)
>+AD4APg- +AD4- Online registration, online manual, and CD-KEY.
>+AD4APg- +AD4- In article
+ADw-72569f+ACQ-sd2+ACQ-1+AEA-nnrp1.dejanews.com+AD4-,
>+AD4APg-   mav5+AEA-my-dejanews.com wrote:
>+AD4APg- +AD4- FOR SALE:
>+AD4APg- +AD4-
>+AD4APg- +AD4- BRAND NEW, SEALED
>+AD4APg- +AD4- Microsoft Office 97 Professional on CD-ROM (Full Version)
>+AD4APg- +AD4- Online registration, online manual, and CD-KEY.
>+AD4APg-
>+AD4APg- Don't buy from this guy, it's PIRATED product...do a power search
on
>+AD4APg- dejanews.com on the author name of mav5+AEA-bright.net
>+AD4APg-
>+AD4APg- You'll see the guy's selling EASY FULFILLMENT product - only legal
to
>those
>+AD4APg- who already possess a Microsoft site license.
>+AD4APg-
>+AD4APg- Here's a newspaper article from the Albany, NY Times-Union about
GARY
>+AD4APg- BROOKS,
>+AD4APg- a person who also sold Microsoft Easy Fulfillment product:
>+AD4APg-
>+AD4APg- Section: CAPITAL REGION
>+AD4APg- Page: B4
>+AD4APg-
>+AD4APg- Tuesday, August 18, 1998
>+AD4APg-
>+AD4APg- MAN CHARGED WITH SELLING BOOTLEG MICROSOFT SOFTWARE
>+AD4APg- MIKE FRICANO Staff writer
>+AD4APg-
>+AD4APg-      Troy A city resident has been charged with selling bootleg
copies of
>+AD4APg- computer software.
>+AD4APg-
>+AD4APg-      Gary Brooks, 43, of 41 114th St., allegedly advertised and
sold
>+AD4APg- illegally
>+AD4APg- copied Microsoft products on the Internet, police said. When they
>searched
>+AD4APg- his
>+AD4APg- home they found more than 100 copies of Microsoft Office 97, which
>retails
>+AD4APg- for
>+AD4APg- between +ACQ-300-+ACQ-400 but which Brooks sold for +ACQ-35, said
Troy Police Capt.
>Jack
>+AD4APg- Mahar.
>+AD4APg-
>+AD4APg-      Brooks was charged Aug. 11 with second-degree trademark
>counterfeiting,
>+AD4APg- unlawful duplication of computer-related materials and criminal
>possession
>+AD4APg- of
>+AD4APg- computer-related materials, police said.
>+AD4APg-
>+AD4APg-      Police said they are trying to determine whether Brooks was
part of
>a
>+AD4APg- larger network of computer software piraters.
>+AD4APg-
>+AD4APg-   Troy police became involved in the case after receiving a call
from a
>New
>+AD4APg- York City detective agency, hired by Microsoft to monitor software
>+AD4APg- bootleggers, Mahar said. A search warrant was then obtained and
Brooks
>was
>+AD4APg- arrested, Mahar said.
>+AD4APg-
>+AD4APg-      The penalty for a conviction on each charge is 1 to 3 years
>+AD4APg- imprisonment.
>+AD4APg- Brooks remains free pending further legal action, police said.
>+AD4APg-
>+AD4APg- -----------+AD0APQ- Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network
+AD0APQ-----------
>+AD4APg- http://www.dejanews.com/       Search, Read, Discuss, or Start
Your Own
>+AD4APg- Hello wrote in message
+ADw-72qd8h+ACQ-qqp+ACQ-1+AEA-news-2.news.gte.net+AD4-...
>+AD4APg- +AD4-BRAND NEW, SEALED
>+AD4APg- +AD4-Microsoft Office 97 Professional on CD-ROM (Full Version)
>+AD4APg- +AD4-Online registration, online manual, and CD-KEY.
>+AD4APg- +AD4-
>+AD4APg- +AD4-Selling for +ACQ-45
>+AD4APg- +AD4-
>+AD4APg- +AD4-If interested email me at noel70+AEA-gte.net
>+AD4APg- +AD4-I have 8 copies left
>+AD4APg- +AD4-
>+AD4APg- +AD4-
>+AD4-
>+AD4-
>+AD4-
>
>
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From: "Chris Johnson" <chrisj@goldsboro.net>
Subject: Re: MS Office97  only $45
Date: 1998/11/18
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