[AktiviX] MikeRoweSoft Names His Price

[Paul Mobbs]

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MikeRoweSoft Names His Price

Associated Press Page 1 of 1
WIRED: 10:41 AM Jan. 26, 2004 PT

Mike Rowe, a 17-year-old resident of Victoria, British Columbia, has agreed to
pick a new name for his website, currently called www.mikerowesoft.com, said
Microsoft spokesman Jim Desler on Friday.

Mike's father, Kim Rowe, confirmed that his son had struck an agreement with
Microsoft. Rowe said his son could not be interviewed Friday because he had
to study for final exams.

Mike also is working feverishly to put together a new website, his father
said.

Desler said Microsoft would cover Mike's costs of changing to a new website
and redirecting traffic from the old site. Microsoft also had agreed to help
the teen get Microsoft certification training and other gifts, including an
Xbox game console, he said, and has invited Mike to a technology festival in
March at the corporation's headquarters in suburban Redmond, Washington.

"We wanted to do this in a way that's going to foster his interest in
technology," Desler said.

In a posting on his website earlier this month, the teen said he received a
25-page letter from Microsoft informing him he was committing copyright
infringement, and threatening legal action.

Desler said Friday that Microsoft believes it's important to take steps to
prevent widespread infringement of its name. But he conceded Microsoft's
original approach was "admittedly maybe impersonal."



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