why on earth would you fuck around and find out after receiving a legal letter? That's the first and final warning. They've made up their mind and the next step is to crush you like an ant in a heartbeat. This is one of the biggest companies in the world, second to very very few. You are outgunned comprehensively. Profoundly. Impossibly. You trifled with powers you cannot even comprehend and frankly got away lucky. This was so ignorant as to be childish. You should be thankful. What this was is mercy. If Microsoft was ever to turn the full force of their terrible legal gaze and devote actual effort to you, then and only then could you say they had ruined your life.

There are a lot of things that I am legally allowed to do that I would like to do but can't because I'll be buried in legal proceedings about. All you did is discover one for yourself.