Microsoft Piracy Check Draws Complaints

Andrew Cushman Microsoftacutes director of security outreach talks about the security for Microsoft Windows operating system at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas Thursday Aug. 3 2006. (AP PhotoJane Kalinowsky)

Andrew Cushman, Microsoft's director of security outreach, talks about the security for Microsoft Windows operating system at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas, Thursday, Aug. 3, 2006. (AP Photo/Jane Kalinowsky)

(AP) -- When Microsoft Corp. said it planned to begin checking for pirated copies of its Windows operating system using the method it set up to send people security fixes, even some of the company's traditional critics could sympathize.

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