Win10 likely won't be scanning for or disabling pirated games
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Software pirates the world over are up in arms (or perhaps rattling their sabers?) this morning about a Wired article that claims Microsoft has included some sort of scan-and-disable feature that will nuke counterfeit games on your PC. We did some digging to see whether Wired's claim is true, and we found that the details are somewhat more nuanced than that.
The controversy seems to stem from the Microsoft Services Agreement's section 7, paragraph B. This is a separate agreement from Windows 10's EULA -the Microsoft Services Agreement applies ...