Found this article here.

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Microsoft convicted of software piracy

By James Middleton [09-05-2002]

Delicious irony has geek community in raptures

Microsoft was found guilty of software piracy last year
by a French court, according to facts unearthed today by the geek community.

But the Redmond giant's conviction and three million franc (£285,000) fine somehow managed to escape the headlines. In fact, until today the only place the story has appeared is in French newspaper Le Monde Informatique. (contd) ...
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Does anyone else find this hysterical???