Microsoft Tracing Windows Server Code Leak

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Microsoft Corp. said it is tracing a key piece of code from its Windows Server 2003 software that was leaked onto the Internet, triggering concerns about piracy problems ahead of the company's scheduled product release later this month. "We are investigating the situation. Microsoft can conduct a trace on the leak, and is looking into the specifics at this time," a spokesperson told internetnews.com [Ed.: source of news]. Reports say the leaked code may be from a Microsoft corporate customer, which could be a subscriber to one of the company's volume-licensing programs. Microsoft would not confirm any details of its ongoing investigation, other than to say its legal department is looking into the source of the leak, which could reportedly work with three different versions of Windows Server 2003.