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Posted Friday 8th February 2008 15:09 GMT
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Anonymous Coward

Not QUITE worthless after all...

So, the thieves sell this stuff to a distributor, or flog it at a flea market; either way, THEY get money for the stolen stuff. Software that won't activate is only worthless to the foolish or unlucky end users who buy it, or the foolish distributors who have to give refunds on it (of course, anyone buying software at a flea market is asking for trouble, IMHO).

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