Lundgren is a businessman who makes a living by recycling e-waste. His company can handle 41 million pounds of electronic waste every year.
Using this identity and experience, Lundgren discovered an opportunity to resell so-called genuine Windows OEM recovery discs. This kind of recovery disc has seen many people, mainly with the pre-installed Windows system brand desktop, notebooks and other free delivery To the user, however, activating the use usually requires a matching serial number to activate.
Lundgren sold the mirrored disc to a shop that refurbished the computer at a low price of 25 cents (about 1.58 yuan). The shopkeepers were surprised to find that the disc was really easy to use. Moreover, reinstalling the old computer in this way can Extending the authorization period is equivalent to reducing the cost.
Court documents show that Lundgren sold a total of 28,000 copies.
However, Microsoft later (2012) discovered the matter and reported to the court that the value of a disc should be $25, and Lundgren illegally profits 700,000 US dollars.
Although Lundgren argued that the recovered garbage was worthless, the judge finally took Microsoft.