Best Buy/Geek Squad sued for piracy!

[B3Nut]

http://www.sysinternals.com/blog/2006/04/why-winternals-sued-best-buy.html

From the article, by Wininternals founder Mark Russinovich:

"his post I’m taking a break from my standard technical postings to discuss a disturbing discovery regarding a large corporation’s unauthorized software usage. By now many of you have heard via Slashdot, arstechnica, Digg, or your local newspaper that Winternals Software, the company I co-founded with Bryce Cogswell in 1996, filed suit in Federal court against Geek Squad and Best Buy for illegal use of the Administrator’s Pak. What the press coverage to date might not have made clear is what Geek Squad and Best Buy did prior to approaching Winternals in October 2005 about a license to our software, what they continued to do after terminating licensing discussions in February 2006, and why we felt we had no alternative but to protect our software through the legal system. This is the first lawsuit Winternals has ever initiated, and we did not approach the decision lightly."

Mark is a kickass techie, he blew the whistle on Sony's execrable rootkit fiasco. Go get 'em Mark!

Todd in Beerbratistan

[Ian David]

1. Take THAT, Best Buy, you Republican bastards!

$0 to Democrats
$46,434 to Republicans
$0 to Others
$46,434 in Total Contributions
http://www.buyblue.org/node/342/view/summary


On the other hand...

Best Buy receives a perfect score in the 2005 Human Rights Campaign Report Card
http://www.buyblue.org/node/4426

But then again...

Best Buy Hit With Lawsuit Over Layoffs of IT Workers\
http://www.buyblue.org/node/5677

Best Buy faces allegations of discrimination
http://www.buyblue.org/node/5656

[ComerPerro]

2. Nice information to know

[bluerum]

3. With all the $$$ they make they donated only $46,000?? On top of

it they gave it to the pukes!

What a bunch of cheapskates - and they are trying to steal software. This like the second coming of Walmart.