Vista to Include Anti-Piracy Measures

October 4, 2006 Don Lionetti demonstrates Windows Vista

(AP) -- Microsoft Corp.'s forthcoming Windows Vista will take much harsher steps to curtail piracy than previous versions of its operating system, including crippling the usefulness of computers found to be running unlicensed copies of the new software.

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