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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Microsoft hit with $2.4 million copyright suit in the Philippines]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/17/microsoft-hit-with-2-4-million-copyright-suit-in-the-philippine/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/17/microsoft-hit-with-2-4-million-copyright-suit-in-the-philippine/</guid><description><![CDATA[This is a start but the little guy doesnt win very often and this looks like they might loose this one, microsoft will walk in with its over paid attorney and take this to the cleaners but hey who knows schools have good attorneys too.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[kdawg]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 17th 2007 11:24AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Microsoft hit with $2.4 million copyright suit in the Philippines]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/17/microsoft-hit-with-2-4-million-copyright-suit-in-the-philippine/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/17/microsoft-hit-with-2-4-million-copyright-suit-in-the-philippine/</guid><description><![CDATA[The philippines is the "little guy" how? They're a country...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Palmtree3000]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 17th 2007 7:05PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Microsoft hit with $2.4 million copyright suit in the Philippines]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/17/microsoft-hit-with-2-4-million-copyright-suit-in-the-philippine/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/17/microsoft-hit-with-2-4-million-copyright-suit-in-the-philippine/</guid><description><![CDATA[2.4 million is like $50 bucks to microsoft. They'll probably fight it just on principle, but paying it woujld be nothing to them. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[NNE]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 17th 2007 11:28AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Microsoft hit with $2.4 million copyright suit in the Philippines]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/17/microsoft-hit-with-2-4-million-copyright-suit-in-the-philippine/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/17/microsoft-hit-with-2-4-million-copyright-suit-in-the-philippine/</guid><description><![CDATA[You've said it.  If they decide to pay up all the time,then they'd set a precedence.  However, if they fight back every time, then they remind everyone that MS has the power and will always win, wrong or right.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rob]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 17th 2007 11:32AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Microsoft hit with $2.4 million copyright suit in the Philippines]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/17/microsoft-hit-with-2-4-million-copyright-suit-in-the-philippine/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/17/microsoft-hit-with-2-4-million-copyright-suit-in-the-philippine/</guid><description><![CDATA[No, to set an example, they should just buy the Phillipines. ;)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[cmonkey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 17th 2007 11:43AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Microsoft hit with $2.4 million copyright suit in the Philippines]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/17/microsoft-hit-with-2-4-million-copyright-suit-in-the-philippine/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/17/microsoft-hit-with-2-4-million-copyright-suit-in-the-philippine/</guid><description><![CDATA[@cmonkey: wow, is this comment racist or what? get over yourself imperial america.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[boredtoday]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 17th 2007 12:00PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Microsoft hit with $2.4 million copyright suit in the Philippines]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/17/microsoft-hit-with-2-4-million-copyright-suit-in-the-philippine/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/17/microsoft-hit-with-2-4-million-copyright-suit-in-the-philippine/</guid><description><![CDATA[@boredtoday - Umm, I think you need to brush up on what racism means.  His comment could be considered extremely nationalistic maybe, but really his comment wasn't serious.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[jazzfanatic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 17th 2007 12:44PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Microsoft hit with $2.4 million copyright suit in the Philippines]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/17/microsoft-hit-with-2-4-million-copyright-suit-in-the-philippine/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/17/microsoft-hit-with-2-4-million-copyright-suit-in-the-philippine/</guid><description><![CDATA["wow, is this comment racist or what?"<br><br>Who mentioned race? Oh that's right. You did.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeebus]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 17th 2007 12:43PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Microsoft hit with $2.4 million copyright suit in the Philippines]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/17/microsoft-hit-with-2-4-million-copyright-suit-in-the-philippine/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/17/microsoft-hit-with-2-4-million-copyright-suit-in-the-philippine/</guid><description><![CDATA[For the record, Microsoft could probably buy the Phillipenes...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ty]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 17th 2007 2:05PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Microsoft hit with $2.4 million copyright suit in the Philippines]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/17/microsoft-hit-with-2-4-million-copyright-suit-in-the-philippine/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/17/microsoft-hit-with-2-4-million-copyright-suit-in-the-philippine/</guid><description><![CDATA[Well, apparently its no longer enough to suffix an obvious joke with ";)".  From now on, I'll be sure to wrap it in   tags. erm... ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[cmonkey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 17th 2007 8:14PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Microsoft hit with $2.4 million copyright suit in the Philippines]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/17/microsoft-hit-with-2-4-million-copyright-suit-in-the-philippine/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/17/microsoft-hit-with-2-4-million-copyright-suit-in-the-philippine/</guid><description><![CDATA[Putanginang Micro!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matthew Hilario]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 17th 2007 11:15AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Microsoft hit with $2.4 million copyright suit in the Philippines]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/17/microsoft-hit-with-2-4-million-copyright-suit-in-the-philippine/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/17/microsoft-hit-with-2-4-million-copyright-suit-in-the-philippine/</guid><description><![CDATA[Hey, wasn't Engadgets parents AOL Time Warner sued by EMI for copyright infringement a while back?  Wasn't that a somewhat similar situation where the company's licensing agreement existed but not to the extent that Time Warner was trying to use it.  Hmmm ... and M$ is the hypocrit here?<br><br>This is a no news item ... all the big companies have been sued (Time Warner, Microsoft, Apple, Red Hat, etc) over copyright infringement ... this is a case where they had a deal for 10,000 distros of one media and provided 700 more on another media thats in question.  It'll go to court and handled ... this by no means appears to be a case where an 800lb gorilla is trying to win something for free.  Stop looking at these events with a magnifying glass and yelling, "Big news!"<br><br>The fan boys from all sides unite like hyenas ... bring us real news with some meat to it. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[ScareyJ]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 17th 2007 3:00PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Microsoft hit with $2.4 million copyright suit in the Philippines]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/17/microsoft-hit-with-2-4-million-copyright-suit-in-the-philippine/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/17/microsoft-hit-with-2-4-million-copyright-suit-in-the-philippine/</guid><description><![CDATA[Something is amiss... Shouldn't it be Microsoft suing the Philippines for pirating their software... Looks like they got it backwards.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[E71]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 17th 2007 6:44PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Microsoft hit with $2.4 million copyright suit in the Philippines]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/17/microsoft-hit-with-2-4-million-copyright-suit-in-the-philippine/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/17/microsoft-hit-with-2-4-million-copyright-suit-in-the-philippine/</guid><description><![CDATA[Someone is looking to sue an entity with deep pockets?!?!  <br><br>UNPOSSIBLE!<br><br>Seriously, are they bent that the copywright was infringed upon and looking at who actually did the distribution, or a company with a lot of money that will likely pay them to "begone" rather than fuss with lawsuits?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Neal]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 17th 2007 11:15AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Microsoft hit with $2.4 million copyright suit in the Philippines]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/17/microsoft-hit-with-2-4-million-copyright-suit-in-the-philippine/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/17/microsoft-hit-with-2-4-million-copyright-suit-in-the-philippine/</guid><description><![CDATA[Kids... This is what happens when you use a pirated dictionary...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[IndiaTech]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 17th 2007 12:45PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Microsoft hit with $2.4 million copyright suit in the Philippines]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/17/microsoft-hit-with-2-4-million-copyright-suit-in-the-philippine/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/17/microsoft-hit-with-2-4-million-copyright-suit-in-the-philippine/</guid><description><![CDATA[Aha!  Now, the rubber band is on the other claw!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Josef]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 17th 2007 11:20AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Microsoft hit with $2.4 million copyright suit in the Philippines]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/17/microsoft-hit-with-2-4-million-copyright-suit-in-the-philippine/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/17/microsoft-hit-with-2-4-million-copyright-suit-in-the-philippine/</guid><description><![CDATA[Arghhhhh.  Got caught this time mate.<br>Lay your hands off me treasure Redmond.  <br><br>Coming Soon to a theater near you: Microsoft's Pirates of the Pacific.  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rob]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 17th 2007 11:24AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Microsoft hit with $2.4 million copyright suit in the Philippines]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/17/microsoft-hit-with-2-4-million-copyright-suit-in-the-philippine/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/17/microsoft-hit-with-2-4-million-copyright-suit-in-the-philippine/</guid><description><![CDATA[This is just too funny.  The last time I visited this home country of mine, I saw shops plagued with bootleg video games and movies.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[gm76]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 17th 2007 11:45AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Microsoft hit with $2.4 million copyright suit in the Philippines]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/17/microsoft-hit-with-2-4-million-copyright-suit-in-the-philippine/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/17/microsoft-hit-with-2-4-million-copyright-suit-in-the-philippine/</guid><description><![CDATA[Man, if they only had DRM for printed paper this could have been avoided!  It looks like a job for the might Sony...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Student Driver]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 17th 2007 11:41AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Microsoft hit with $2.4 million copyright suit in the Philippines]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/17/microsoft-hit-with-2-4-million-copyright-suit-in-the-philippine/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/17/microsoft-hit-with-2-4-million-copyright-suit-in-the-philippine/</guid><description><![CDATA[Microsoft counter sues for pirated copies of Windows for $2.4 Billion, with a B.<br><br>Out of court settlement is reached.<br><br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[rndmnme]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 17th 2007 11:42AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Microsoft hit with $2.4 million copyright suit in the Philippines]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/17/microsoft-hit-with-2-4-million-copyright-suit-in-the-philippine/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/17/microsoft-hit-with-2-4-million-copyright-suit-in-the-philippine/</guid><description><![CDATA[This picture would actually be a pretty sweet Bootskin.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Backlin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 17th 2007 12:40PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Microsoft hit with $2.4 million copyright suit in the Philippines]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/17/microsoft-hit-with-2-4-million-copyright-suit-in-the-philippine/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/17/microsoft-hit-with-2-4-million-copyright-suit-in-the-philippine/</guid><description><![CDATA[It is isn't it?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Technex]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 17th 2007 2:36PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Microsoft hit with $2.4 million copyright suit in the Philippines]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/17/microsoft-hit-with-2-4-million-copyright-suit-in-the-philippine/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/17/microsoft-hit-with-2-4-million-copyright-suit-in-the-philippine/</guid><description><![CDATA[i think the same happened to me... around 2004 i brought a desktop pc from Octagon computer store (legitimate seller and all that) that came with the then-new MS xp. the price for the software alone was around P15,000 (about $300). when the system was set up and the software installed, the MS genuine thingy said that my copy was invalid! after that i opted for a mac instead, NEVER went back to microsoft.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[gino]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 17th 2007 12:50PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Microsoft hit with $2.4 million copyright suit in the Philippines]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/17/microsoft-hit-with-2-4-million-copyright-suit-in-the-philippine/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/17/microsoft-hit-with-2-4-million-copyright-suit-in-the-philippine/</guid><description><![CDATA[i think the same happened to me... around 2004 i brought a desktop pc<br>from Octagon computer store (legitimate seller and all that) that came<br>with the then-new MS xp. the price for the software alone was around<br>P15,000 (about $300). when the system was set up and the software<br>installed, the MS genuine thingy said that my copy was invalid! after<br>that i opted for a mac instead, NEVER went back to microsoft.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[zashima]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 17th 2007 12:51PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Microsoft hit with $2.4 million copyright suit in the Philippines]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/17/microsoft-hit-with-2-4-million-copyright-suit-in-the-philippine/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/17/microsoft-hit-with-2-4-million-copyright-suit-in-the-philippine/</guid><description><![CDATA[and how many different user names are you currently using?? so far, i'm counting 2]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Olu O]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 17th 2007 1:24PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Microsoft hit with $2.4 million copyright suit in the Philippines]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/17/microsoft-hit-with-2-4-million-copyright-suit-in-the-philippine/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/17/microsoft-hit-with-2-4-million-copyright-suit-in-the-philippine/</guid><description><![CDATA[What? We're still talking about XP? Where's the class-action and piracy suits involving Vista? Woulda thought those would be along by now?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[michaelportent]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 17th 2007 1:10PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Microsoft hit with $2.4 million copyright suit in the Philippines]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/17/microsoft-hit-with-2-4-million-copyright-suit-in-the-philippine/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/17/microsoft-hit-with-2-4-million-copyright-suit-in-the-philippine/</guid><description><![CDATA[Whatever this manual is they expect about 3,500 bucks per copy licensed. That must be one hell of a manual for Office. Will it do my research papers for me?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Evan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 17th 2007 1:06PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Microsoft hit with $2.4 million copyright suit in the Philippines]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/17/microsoft-hit-with-2-4-million-copyright-suit-in-the-philippine/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/17/microsoft-hit-with-2-4-million-copyright-suit-in-the-philippine/</guid><description><![CDATA[Mabuhay!!!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rainier]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 17th 2007 1:10PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Microsoft hit with $2.4 million copyright suit in the Philippines]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/17/microsoft-hit-with-2-4-million-copyright-suit-in-the-philippine/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/17/microsoft-hit-with-2-4-million-copyright-suit-in-the-philippine/</guid><description><![CDATA[Pot calling the kettle black comes to mind]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Liam Billington]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 17th 2007 7:25PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Microsoft hit with $2.4 million copyright suit in the Philippines]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/17/microsoft-hit-with-2-4-million-copyright-suit-in-the-philippine/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/17/microsoft-hit-with-2-4-million-copyright-suit-in-the-philippine/</guid><description><![CDATA[as he did not sell it, it is no problem. but when the college made an effort in putting the manual together, the work, not the content became intelectual propriety, i think and it was therefore illegal to make money out of it]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[redlukas]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 17th 2007 3:36PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Microsoft hit with $2.4 million copyright suit in the Philippines]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/17/microsoft-hit-with-2-4-million-copyright-suit-in-the-philippine/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/17/microsoft-hit-with-2-4-million-copyright-suit-in-the-philippine/</guid><description><![CDATA[$2.4 million?  I think that's what over at Microsoft they call an 'accounting error'.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[John]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 18th 2007 12:09AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Microsoft hit with $2.4 million copyright suit in the Philippines]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/17/microsoft-hit-with-2-4-million-copyright-suit-in-the-philippine/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/17/microsoft-hit-with-2-4-million-copyright-suit-in-the-philippine/</guid><description><![CDATA[@ joseph<br><br>WHAAAAT???]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[problematik]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 18th 2007 12:12AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Microsoft hit with $2.4 million copyright suit in the Philippines]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/17/microsoft-hit-with-2-4-million-copyright-suit-in-the-philippine/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/17/microsoft-hit-with-2-4-million-copyright-suit-in-the-philippine/</guid><description><![CDATA[am i the only one that read 100 million Filipino pesos ($2.4 million) as:<br><br>100 million Filipino pesos ($2.4 dollars)<br><br>????<br><br>ds<br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[donald]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 18th 2007 8:20AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Microsoft hit with $2.4 million copyright suit in the Philippines]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/17/microsoft-hit-with-2-4-million-copyright-suit-in-the-philippine/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/17/microsoft-hit-with-2-4-million-copyright-suit-in-the-philippine/</guid><description><![CDATA[@donald, your math is right.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[aj]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 18th 2007 12:08PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
