Microsoft Doesn’t Like the Vista Torrent
Written by Ernesto on June 15, 2006Vistatorrent.com received the well known “cease and desist” letter from Microsoft. Apparently they are still planning to take down the internet.
Although the demand for Microsoft’s second Vista Beta is extremely high, Microsoft refused to release a torrent. They stated:
There are legal and privacy issues which unfortunately make that not an option for Microsoft to [...]
Vistatorrent.com received the well known “cease and desist” letter from Microsoft. Apparently they are still planning to take down the internet.
Although the demand for Microsoft’s second Vista Beta is extremely high, Microsoft refused to release a torrent. They stated:
There are legal and privacy issues which unfortunately make that not an option for Microsoft to officially sponsor a BitTorrent.
In a response to this, vistatorrent.com and BitTorrent.com created a torrent for the popular download, but although it saves Microsoft some bandwidth, they don’t like it.
Vistatorrent.com just removed the torrent, but there’s still a copy on BitTorrent.com (update: BitTorrent.com removed the torrent).
Probably not for long so here’s a picture..
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23 Responses
You got to love the hudge corporations. No decision making – everyone afraid of getting in trouble. Blame it on the other guy. Rat race at its best.
bittorrent.com also removed it a blocked it! my download just stopped!
“There are legal and privacy issues which unfortunately make that not an option for Microsoft to officially sponsor a BitTorrent.”
Yes but does that mean they have to go seek out the torrents and disable them??? I just don’t understand Microsoft. It saves them bandwidth and increases the number of people who are testing this product.
They still have to go through microsoft to get a key they just don’t download it from them. Why are they killing this win-win situation?
Somehow i doubt that MS is concerned about saving bandwidth. If I had every version of my software out on torrent sites being downloaded for free every day i might hold a grudge too.
Bill Gates is a thieving wanker and he deserves a slap!!!!!!
I don’t think you can completely blame MS for this (no, I’m not a MS lova). Since MS is so frickin huge they need to make sure they jump through every legal hoop out there and the fact that you could download Vista through a torrent (with a key posted somehere) and without clicking “I Agree” on their legal pages is more likely a product of the US legal system. Just go to the vista beta site and get a key, then go download it from a torrent hosted elsewhere;) BTW TorrentFreak, nice site and thanks for using the Digg feedflare in your RSS feed and let me know if you have any problems or suggestions for the service.
MS has allways been this way. They will never change (not even when Bill Gates is out of the picutre). They hate piracy, and there is nothing we can do about it.
Pondus wrote:They (M$) hate piracy
Well , takes one to know one , dont it?
Why anyone wants to do free beta-testing for M$ latest spyware is beyond me.Why
does Bill need to know everytime you re-boot?
Just forget about Microsoft, Suse or Mandriva are good exemples of what can be done in the free world, just try it !
I agree, Bill Gates is a thieving cunt and deserves a kick in the bollocks!
I’m gonna make sure I get an illegal copy of Vista….Jjust so I can carry on saying fuck you MS…….As i have with 2000 and XP :)
Suck my balls Bill
Dont be so nasty,just because some people make it good others have to put them down. Power to the almighty dollar.PS u r bully boys, my mamma warned me about you types.
PPS I KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE………
HELP! I downloaded utorrent yesterday to my new laptop and now my computer has gone crazy. None of my gadgets will display on my sidebar, certain internet sites (like AOL mail and hotmail) come up blank, and my quickplay doesn’t work. I don’t know if this is a compatibility issue w/ Vista or what, but none of my tech friends can figure this out… I’m lost. Anyone who can help, it would be greatly appreciated.
“HELP! I downloaded utorrent yesterday to my new laptop and now my computer has gone crazy. None of my gadgets will display on my sidebar, certain internet sites (like AOL mail and hotmail) ”
Looks like you gonna have to do a factory reset…
Restart & (F6) !
Sorry Christiana but it seems tht Vista doesn t like any kind of torrent. I lost my connection with Sumotorrent after this Vista crap.
Does anybody knows how to download from sumotorrent under Vista closed supervision. Is there any way to knock this ogre(vista) down and turn it down ..just for few minutes? hihihihi
Fight fire with fire = vista versus torrent.
The more I try The more I fail.
Amen
god damn it. im not paying 200 fucking dollars for a god damn OS. FUCK THAT!
if i want something. IM GETTING IT for FREE!
fuck microsoft.
im going to find a way to get vista.
wether bill likes it or not.
Wer i get vista for free
VISTA IS NOT WORTH PAYING FOR IT IS A DOWNGRADE!
everyones right vista is shit all they’ve done on the desktop to change icons is add overide codes :s as a result you need a faster computer to do everything properly. Oh yeah, and they never bothered testing it properly, so its full of fucking faults. The ONLY thing Vista does properly is illegally block (where possible ;)) other companies using there software on it. LMAO some government should force MS to take the blocks out of it, that way we can all rip MS to pieces, add our own software and remove the shit they give us. LMAO. Gill bates is a cunt…
I have every version of xp and vista ,,and i got them all free,,,fuck billy gaytes
how get xp free?
I hear a news that the Microsoft will plan to take over the computer market. They are planning to make a partnership with Intel. I have a confirmation on taking the internet, there’s a “Microhoo” now. (Microsoft+Yahoo?). I hope that they are not selfish to take down the internet, because it is for public. I hope that they will doomed if they’re take over the internet. >:(
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