Electronics-Recycling Innovator Going to Prison for Extending Computers’ Lives
I don&#x27;t know, I personally find the &quot;I&#x27;m selling the CDs because people don&#x27;t know it&#x27;s available for free online&quot; a bit unconvincing. He did it in hopes of profiting [0] by misleading people into thinking they pay for an original. What he sold is freely available online, one search away. Definitely a lot more accessible than buying his discs. This article is heavily biased and fails to present any of the evidence that puts the guy in a bad light.<p>Also [1]:
&gt; However, in essence, what Lundgren eventually pleaded guilty to was making these Dell refurbishers’ customers believe that they were obtaining a genuine Dell-branded &quot;Reinstallation Disc&quot; with Dell’s blessing, when in actuality, they weren’t.<p>P.S. I love how the downvotes pour in with no actual dissenting opinion :). Nowhere even in the guy&#x27;s own emails can anyone find anything but mentions of profit, a ripe market, and basically doing his best to deceive customers by making the product look like a genuine Dell one (arranging for fake Microsoft and Dell labels to be applied to the discs). <i>Nobody</i> goes to such lengths to deceive their customers out of honesty and good intentions.<p>What he did is like recycling paper into freshly printed counterfeit banknotes. Real Robin Hood.<p>&gt; “You would have to be an expert with a magnifying glass to know and&#x2F;or see such differences.” [2]<p>&gt; “If the software will be 98% accurate I believe I can get away with that.” [2]<p>[0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theverge.com&#x2F;2018&#x2F;4&#x2F;27&#x2F;17293650&#x2F;microsoft-recycler-jail-sentence-windows-software-counterfeiting-response" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theverge.com&#x2F;2018&#x2F;4&#x2F;27&#x2F;17293650&#x2F;microsoft-recycl...</a><p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;arstechnica.com&#x2F;tech-policy&#x2F;2018&#x2F;04&#x2F;why-the-man-who-tried-to-sell-windows-recovery-discs-will-go-to-prison&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;arstechnica.com&#x2F;tech-policy&#x2F;2018&#x2F;04&#x2F;why-the-man-who-...</a><p>[2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blogs.microsoft.com&#x2F;on-the-issues&#x2F;2018&#x2F;04&#x2F;27&#x2F;the-facts-about-a-recent-counterfeiting-case-brought-by-the-u-s-government&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blogs.microsoft.com&#x2F;on-the-issues&#x2F;2018&#x2F;04&#x2F;27&#x2F;the-fac...</a>