Class Actions against Microsoft over WGA
Microsoft has been taking some heat over its Windows Genuine Advantage antipiracy program that checks to see if you have a valid license for Windows. The complaint is that users were mislead and not told what the code did, and that there may be privacy issues surrounding the data that is returned.
I don't know enough detail to provide a personal opinion on this - but consider whether it is (a) an opportunity seized by zealous class action lawyers, (b) surreptitious action by Microsoft using questionable privacy practices, or (c) somewhere in the middle.
No matter what the outcome, it illustrates the tug between companies trying to get paid for their products, the methods they use to enforce that, and whether those efforts are in the end the best way to approach the problem.