Best Buy Pirating?

Winternals, the Texas software company known for programs such as ERD Commander 2005, has filed suit against electronics retailing giant Best Buy this week, claiming that the company has been using thousands of unlicensed copies of their software in stores across the nation. A judge has already granted a temporary restraining order against Best Buy, ordering them to refrain from using any unlicensed Winternals software.

What’s cool here, is how Winternals found out that Best Buy was using illegal versions. They simply called up the Geek Squad and identified the boot screen when the technician was fixing the computer. This could burn Best Buy bad.. chances are that Winternals is not the only software they use illegitimately. Read more at Ars Technica.