Recycling electronic trash into 28,000 Windows install discs, this guy is in danger of being jailed
Eric Lundgren, founder of a large recycling company in the United States and a customer of many large technology firms, is in danger of being fined 15 months in prison and $ 50,000. Lundgren was accused of copyright infringement after recycling e-waste into 28,000 Windows recovery discs.
Eric Lundgren said that the original purpose when he did this was to reduce the amount of e-waste discharged into the environment each year. This act of protecting the environment inadvertently caused this businessman to be accused of copyright infringement with 21 indictments.
Lundgren received two counts of indictment sent to court and risked a 15-month jail sentence and a $ 50,000 fine.
In addition, Lundgren was also complained by Microsoft because of his actions that affected sales of its software and claimed $ 420,000 in compensation.
Lundgren does not deny making Windows recovery discs, but he claims it is not illegal or illegal. His goal was to give users a completely different experience from the old computers, to avoid them being dropped too soon.
The indictment also pointed out that the important issue is that the recycling company used the Dell logo and Microsoft illegally on those plates, not the production scale.
Recovery disks are usually given to new computer buyers and can only be used on computers with a licensed Windows operating system. But most of the time when computers are broken, they are often discarded.
Therefore, Lundgren has produced recovery discs to help limit the amount of e-waste discharged into the environment and still help customers get back to their original performance soon. Microsoft only sells copyrighted Windows, not a recovery disk. Lundgren's recovery disk is only available to those who have licensed Windows.
Lundgren believes that Microsoft is forcing him to sell the recovery discs to them by accusing him of copyright infringement.
Lundgren is currently on bail to collect additional evidence of defense. The US federal appeals court also asked him to provide detailed information regarding the unauthorized copying process.
Microsoft has not yet made any comments about this incident.
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