Microsoft (MSFT) is suing retailers of its software who are selling Windows and Office packages to the public that were discounted only for sale to students. So far, the suits seem targeted for copyright infringement against the retailers. However, it is likely that Microsoft will be sending nastygrams to purchasers identified through discovery during the litigation.

Hat tip to Jessica Mintz at the Associated Press.

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With an advanced international law degree from Georgetown University and more than 14 years of real world legal experience, Attorney Mike Young shows entrepreneurs how to protect and grow their businesses online. He's the author of "Internet Marketing Legal Secrets Revealed," "How to Create Your Own Internet Business Without a Lawyer for Under $175," and the creator of Website Legal Forms Generator^TM. Not just a lawyer who focuses exclusively on Internet and marketing law, Mike’s been working with computers for more than 27 years (his first computer was an Atari 400 with 8 KiB RAM) and started representing Internet businesses back in 1996.