Microsoft abandoned its war with the anti-secret site Cryptome.org after the publication of internal leadership dispute Redmond surveillance for law enforcement authorities threatened to make their own publicity purposes.

The company has clearly 2nd thoughts after primarily to convince the hosting provider Network Solutions down the entire site Cryptome 24 Feb in response to its publication of an internal Microsoft global criminal Compliance Handbook.

In exchange e-mails published back Cryptome Web site, Microsoft's lawyers confirm the copyright of a 22-page manual, but recognize that the initial action of the company to halt publication was tight.

"Although Microsoft has a good faith belief that the distribution file that was available at this address contravenes copyright Microsoft, Microsoft had no intention that the dismantling of the query result to disable web access to all cryptome.org site where the file was granted, "wrote Microsoft lawyer Evan Cox.

Controversial guidelines are available for download again from Cryptome, along with similar internal management of companies such as AOL, Skype and Yahoo.

In give in, Microsoft clearly calculated that the negative information from Downing prominent anti-secret site is not worth the legal points in connection with the publication of a document that has spread too a lot of other sites load in any case. It has bent to the expected.

A few days after its publication, most experts agree that the guide contains a few facts relating to Microsoft's collection of data from its customers, which could not be guessed from the technical nature of these services in any case.

Microsoft records IP addresses, some interactions between people, and keeps records for around 90 days. With respect to paid services, with regard to names, addresses and IP addresses for the credit card exactly as one would guess. Management is now read by many more people than it would have Microsoft did not start its action against the Web site Cryptome.org.