Can tell anyone why don't people leak Windows 8 and keeps putting cover and censored the Windows 8 buildtag and keeps putting Microsoft Confidential watermark?

Anyways, Windows 8 videos from YouTube keeps removing due the copyright claims. How they remove/claim videos from YouTube? It's simple. FLAG IT!

now that the Beta (Consumer Preview) is out, Windows 8 videos are not getting removed anymore.

The people who supposedly have these builds don't want Microsoft coming after them and I suspect they also don't want Microsoft going after the people in various build labs.

Someone gives a build to someone they trust, they say don't leak it, they don't leak it.

They don't leak it, the other person gives them another because they know they can trust this person. A collection starts to grow.

If you're ever in the position of getting a privately leaked build from someone, you'll understand.

Also what Linux Love said.

Hasn't it always been like that? But somehow, with Windows 8 something changed.

Why i dont have sources like that....

I understand people not leaking Windows 8, but if you have other builds of Windows, be them builds of Longhorn, 7, Whistler, ect. Leak them, already!

Why dont someone leak chicago 34...

That would be so nice. Of coarse there is the question if it even exists anymore. There could be no copies left, it is possible, though I hope it is not so.

I think it should in MS database.

Microsoft keeps all its old builds? Even from way back then. I never thought of such a thing as being possible.

Why would Microsoft keep random builds?

I don't even know if they do, but I assume if they kept old betas they would be used to implement old features into a new OS. I doubt that Chicago has any features that could be implemented into Windows 8 though.

For Archiving? But I suppose there isn't much point in archiving every build back then (now they might automatically do so), but bigger builds, betas etc. I think they would archive.

Just to inform it:
This is fake: http://www.guii.com.uy/otros/102266-mic ... -04-2012-a

It is in MS database.They archive all builds beacuse of code and some ideas that they could use in future.

Microsoft has learned from the mistake of leaking many builds during the pre-reset "Longhorn" era: news of leaks (not only builds but also the publicity the company generated during trade events, most importantly PDC 2003) generate overhype and people download them, only to end up with something that is half-baked and buggy at most. This impacts the image of the final product as well. Until today, I still come across some comments saying that the reset was a mistake even though in my experience, the Vista RTM (& SP1) are more responsive than any of the leaked pre-reset "Longhorn" builds.

They won't do that this time for Windows 8 or for any future Windows versions. Thus, the non-disclosure agreements and the security checks (watermarks) are in place.

(I do understand that some leaks were made by those from "the scene" on their own initiative. However, if Microsoft really wanted to keep "Longhorn" under wraps, it would have flexed its muscle.)

MS keeps all old builds they ever did on their servers

Again, is there any proof?

some "Canouna" and some "Zukona" given this info much time ago.

At this moment not.

Then you people really should refrain from posting claims like that...