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In article <76oqic$fnu$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>,
  mav5@bright.net wrote:
> FOR SALE:
>
> BRAND NEW, SEALED
> Microsoft Office 97 Professional on CD-ROM (Full Version)
> Includes online registration & SR-1 update.

The person posting this advertisement is named James CHUBAK...he is selling
EASY FULFILLMENT licenses of Microsoft Office Pro 97 (and has plainly stated
so in these past postings)

http://www.dejanews.com/dnquery.xp?QRY=fulfillment&DBS=1&ST=PS&defaultOp=AND&LNG
=ALL&format=terse&showsort=score&maxhits=100&subjects=&groups=&authors=mav5*&fro
mdate=&todate=

CHUBAK (who removed the EASY FULFILLMENT) after he was advised that sales of
EASY FULFILLMENT product is considered by Microsoft as software piracy and
that Microsoft civilly and criminally prosecutes both individuals AND
companies every day for sellingn what this guy is selling.
http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/whatis/4piracies.htm

CHUBAK, having spammed the net since last year advertising this crap...is now
under investigation by Microsoft's Legal and Corporate Affairs Department as
was another guy you've seen postings from for the same product - GARY BROOKS
of Troy, NY.

Brooks as you'll remember told all of USENET that the software he was offering
"was not pirated", however on August 6 of 1998, the Troy, New York Police
Department raided his federally-subsidized apartment building and confiscated
over 100 copies of his "legal" software, detailed in this Albany Times-Union
article:

Section: CAPITAL REGION
Page: B4
Tuesday, August 18, 1998
MAN CHARGED WITH SELLING BOOTLEG MICROSOFT SOFTWARE
MIKE FRICANO Staff writer

Troy - A city resident has been charged with selling bootleg copies of
computer software. Gary Brooks, 43, of 41 114th St., allegedly advertised and
sold illegally copied Microsoft products on the Internet, police said. When
they searched his home they found more than 100 copies of Microsoft Office
97, which retails for between $300-$400 but which Brooks sold for $35, said
Troy Police Capt. Jack Mahar.

Brooks was charged Aug. 11 with second-degree trademark counterfeiting,
unlawful duplication of computer-related materials and criminal possession of
computer-related materials, police said. Police said they are trying to
determine whether Brooks was part of a larger network of computer software
piraters.

Troy police became involved in the case after receiving a call from a New
York City detective agency, hired by Microsoft to monitor software
bootleggers, Mahar said. A search warrant was then obtained and Brooks was
arrested, Mahar said. The penalty for a conviction on each charge is 1 to 3
years imprisonment.

Brooks remains free pending further legal action, police said.

Like Brooks, CHUBAK'S sales transactions are being monitored.

If you'll take a look at Microsoft's newly-revised Piracy page, you'll see
exactly what risks are involved in buying this kind of software.
http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/whatis/3risks.htm

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