Thursday, June 29, 2006

Lawsuit Calls Microsoft's WGA Anti-Piracy Tool 'Spyware'

Todd Bishop writes in The Seattle Post-Intelligencer:

A computer user is suing Microsoft Corp. over the company's Windows Genuine Advantage anti-piracy tool, alleging that it violates laws against spyware.

The suit by Los Angeles resident Brian Johnson, filed this week in U.S. District Court in Seattle, seeks class-action status for claims that Microsoft didn't adequately disclose details of the tool when it was delivered to PC users through the company's Automatic Update system.

More here.

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