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Re:Electronics-recycling innovator going to prison for tryin... by 49bc on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @12:22AM (#16974040)
Since when do we send snake-oil salesmen to prison? There must be more to this story.
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Re:Electronics-recycling innovator going to prison for tryin... by monochromatic on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @12:30AM (#16974064)
There is. https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2018/04/27/the-fac...
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Re:Electronics-recycling innovator going to prison for tryin... by iamnotlarry on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @12:47AM (#16974130)
Selling a DVD for 0.25USD is hardly snake oil.

Perhaps you are confusing him with the official from Microsoft who testified that the discs were equivalent to the 25USD discs sold by Microsoft.

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Re:Electronics-recycling innovator going to prison for tryin... by DanBC on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @01:01AM (#16974182)
He wasn't selling the discs for $0.25. He was selling most of them for $3 or $4, and a small number of them for $30 and $40.
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