Microsoft sends e-waste recycler to PRISON for a YEAR!

**mikeinreco** · 04-27-2018, 02:53 AM

I didnt watch the video but read a big article on this....the guy commissioned china to make him $80,000 worth of discs literally thousands and was handing them out like candy with refurbished computers

**Evan** · 04-27-2018, 11:13 AM

Originally Posted by mikeinreco

I didnt watch the video but read a big article on this....the guy commissioned china to make him $80,000 worth of discs literally thousands and was handing them out like candy with refurbished computers

The video comes down hard on Microsoft for this saying that they are just doing this in order to force people to buy new copies of their software even when they still have valid software licences for their refurbished computers. I tend to agree with this view, but I guess the most important thing to take away from it is beware of Microsoft's wrath if you are refurbishing computers. I can't help feeling sorry for the guy getting hit so hard for distributing free readily available software that anyone can just download legally if they wished to. Anyway here is a link to an article about it for anyone who doesn't want to watch the video.
https://techcrunch.com/2018/04/25/ho...away-for-free/