Anyone notice this little gem yet?

http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/dow...displaylang=en

Now, you can jump through more hoops than ever for the software formerly known as free. Its especially handy when you run Linux so you're **** out of luck.

If you look here you can see all the downloads with the cute little arrow in the circle require this crap now, along with these .God forbid those pirates(or Anyone not runnning Windows who just needs the file) get their hands on Sysprep or Windows Media Player.

-Maestr0