anti-piracy campaign, Aug 1990

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Present Counterfeit DOS PR plan.

Microsoft has launched a vigerous "anti-piracy campaign" to identify and stop groups and individuals from making counterfeit copies of DOS. Driven by the legal department, it is primary a litigation-based program. We are aggressively filing lawsuits against alleged violators, seizing evidence, and making evidence available to the U.S. Attourney and the FBI for possible criminal investigation. We want to gently heighten the visibility of these efforts to warn violaters and potential violators that the company will take the stringest possible action against them, to assure licensees that Microsoft is activly protecting their interests, and to inform end users about the existence and hazards of counterfeit products. Microsofot is also a member of the Software Publishers Association task force addressing software piracy. Microsoft's pr efforts will dovetail the SPA's efforts, taking advantage of the association's progress, credibility, and resourcess. By working through the SPA, Microsoft can fight software piracy and convey the seriousness of its intentions without fostering a "bad guy" image.

http://edge-op.org/iowa/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05152.pdf

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court documents in the case of Comes v Microsoft.