Hmmmm,

Anyone going to open a book on how long it takes for that to be cracked and worthless?

What Microsoft must do is bite the bullet and accept that they are dealing with organised professional criminals who make a lot of money out of stealing and distributing their software. These guys are not going to give up this lucrative business because of this nonsense.

The key is hitting at the distribution and the professionals, as those are the people who are seriously hitting their revenue.

If the music and film industries cannot do anything about it, what makes Microsoft think that they can?

The only successes I have seen of late have been those directed at the distributors.

Just my £0.02