[NTLUG:Discuss] Fear and Loathing in Redmond...

[Christopher Browne]

The following just came across the LPI mailing list; apparently Microsoft
is claiming that anything that is transmitted through one of their
services will be treated as being "Copyright Microsoft."

- If you send a business plan via Hotmail?  Microsoft owns it.

- If you send love notes to a significant other?  Microsoft has the right
  to republish, publicly display, transfer, or sell such communication.

Gotta love it...
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Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 00:15:54 -0400 (EDT)
From: Chuck Mead <csm at MoonGroup.com>
To: LPI Discuss <lpi-discuss at lpi.org>
Subject: [OT] Microsoft should be feared and despised!
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0104030010500.31399-100000 at gateway.moongroup.org>

Warning... if you subscribe to this list using an email account which
originates on a Microsoft service of any kind I will be asking the LPI
board to consider blocking all electronic correspondence which
originates from or is destined for any Microsoft provided service. THIS
IS NOT SOME KIND OF APRIL FOOLS JOKE! It's serious so please take it
seriously. This means, at least, hotmail, msn, and microsoft.com. What
am I missing? If you don't understand what I'm talking about please take
a few minutes and go read the article at the link.

http://www.moongroup.com/stories.php?story=01/04/02/0156291
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Chuck Mead, csm -AT- moongroup.com, Owner, MoonGroup.com
(Note: html formatted email sent to me is filtered & deleted unread)
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