[Meme] Spot the 'Pirate'
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2023-01-18 06:34:44 UTC
- Modified: 2023-01-18 06:34:44 UTC
Microsoft: What's Yours is Ours,
Too
![Gates letter to 'hobbyists': sharing of code is evil, it's like stealing and that's just piracy; Microsoft Corp.: Opposing monopoly and its predatory pricing is piracy](http://techrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/gates-piracy.png)
![Microsoft today: We take the code from 'hobbyists' and encourage plagiarism (we even sell it as a subscription), but that's not piracy, it is 'AI' and 'Fair Use'](http://techrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/fair-use-meme.png)
Summary: Microsoft is very strict about copyright law when enforcing its monopolies; when it comes to the competition, however, Microsoft gleefully violates copyright law
"It's easier for our software to compete with Linux when there's piracy than when there's not."
--Bill Gates