Safeguards Punish Consumers, Not Pirates
Safeguards Punish Consumers, Not Pirates
Microsoft's new Windows operating system, XP, promises a platform much more crash resistant than the company's previous offerings. Unfortunately, XP also contains an anti-copy mechanism: product activation. This feature is supposed to take aim at software piracy, but the truth is it's just another example of a rapacious monopolist abusing computer users who are helpless to do anything about it.