I hate microsoft.

[Warren Young]

Dave Korn wrote:
> ... i.e. it fulfills all the criteria for the standard definition of spyware.
> 
> 
>   Would it really be too much to ask for them to just not outright LIE about
> it?

Well, at least they're telling the truth about one thing now: Microsoft 
has admitted that WGA is known to disable some legitimate copies of Windows:

	http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070124-8690.html

The number of people being genuinely taken advantage of is apparently in 
the millions.

> I think I'm going to put in a complaint to the trading standards, or perhaps
> advertising standards authority. 

Maybe you could join the lawsuit already in progress:

	http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/275780_msftsuit29.html

It might require you to be a resident of California, though.

More info on WGA, the biggest meadow wafer to come out of the IP 
enforcement world since the DMCA:

	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Genuine_Advantage