Microsoft to replace counterfeit Office
TechWeb | at | by Mike
Microsoft confirmed Wednesday that it will offer free replacement copies of its Office application suite for people whose versions were tagged as counterfeit -- if they can prove they bought the bundle with the best intentions.
Last week, the Redmond, Wash.-based developer launched an Office anti-piracy pilot program, Office Genuine Advantage, pointed at users running localized versions in Brazilian Portuguese, Czech, Greek, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Russian, and Spanish.
OGA will be optional, at least initially, but Microsoft has reserved the right to up the ante later, as it has already done with the similar Windows Genuine Advantage initiative.