针对Eric Lundgren被判15个月监禁的报道，微软写了一篇尖锐的博客文章，详细阐述了其对此案的看法。这篇题为“美国**最近提起的一起假冒案件的事实”的帖子包含了从案件本身、为其提交的电子邮件证据以及微软自己的观点中得出的几项主张。

微软公司通信副总裁弗兰克·肖（Frank Shaw）首先再次表示微软支持翻新和回收。但这篇文章的主旨是重申**的裁决。Shaw指出是美国**而不是微软提起诉讼，随后他指出Lundgren认罪。他还辩称，伦德格伦的电子邮件中包含了强有力的证据，证明他确实有意从假冒窗户中获利。

这篇文章中包括多封电子邮件，详细介绍了Lundgren如何不仅提供软件磁盘，而且“竭尽全力”使这些磁盘看起来像是微软或戴尔**的。

今天早些时候，我们发表了对伦德格伦的采访，详细介绍了他的故事。尽管他认罪，但他直接将自己的监禁归咎于微软。他认为，这更多的是为了保护向翻新商**窗户所获得的利润，而不是担心假冒或盗版。

微软显然不同意。Shaw总结道：

Mr. Lundgren’s scheme was simple. He was counterfeiting Windows software in China and importing it to the United States. Mr. Lundgren intended the software to be sold to the refurbisher community as if it was a legitimate, licensed copy of Windows. It was not. The evidence in the case shows Mr. Lundgren used his knowledge of the PC recycling community to scam the very community he claimed to champion and to evade the law. Had he simply wanted to help this community, why did he set up an entire counterfeit production operation in China to make the CDs appear legitimate? And why did he charge for his counterfeit product and try to make a profit at the expense of the community he was ostensibly trying to help?

本案的核心问题之一是Lundgren试图分发的软件的价值。伦德格伦和一位专家证人辩称，该值基本上为零。这是因为，他们认为，软件的实际价值应该体现在使用软件的许可证上，而不是还原软件本身——可以从微软自己的网站免费下载。

以下是Lundgren对这一问题的描述：

They were comparing it to a new license. You don’t get a license with the restore CD. The government treated the infringed item as if it was a licensed product, the license itself, what Microsoft sells, and it’s not. ... I got in the way of Microsoft’s multi- multi- multi-million dollar business model of recharging people for computers that already have an operating system.

尽管微软的回应并没有直接指出恢复软件和使用它的许可证之间的区别，但它确实似乎认为这种区别是误导性的。肖写道：

When a refurbisher installs a fresh version of Windows on a refurbished PC, we charge a discounted rate of $25 for the software and a new license – it is not free. Thousands of refurbishers participate in this program legally without confusion, and the program works.

翻修者是否有必要向微软支付25美元的新许可费，在更大的社区中仍然存在很大争议，但这正是Lundgren被判刑的依据。伦德格伦已辞去15个月的刑期。正如他对《边缘》杂志所说：“我想在监狱里写一本关于寻找快乐的书。”