Thanks to all those counterfeit copies of Vista and other software being sold, Microsoft has now co-opted its customers as a main line of defense against counterfeiting its software. Yes, that’s right. You and I have now been handed our FBI badges by M$ to aid them in fighting counterfeit software.

SiliconRepublic.com: Microsoft customers bust software pirates

The biggest counterfeit software seizure in history took place yesterday in China when the FBI and the Chinese authorities worked together to arrest 25 people after seizing US$500m worth of pirated CDs and DVDs.

What do you think about that?