BWAHAHAHA!!  No it won't.  That's not the FBI/government's money, so they don't give a shit how much of it they spend.  If anything, this just seems a way for MS to get some easy money, taxpayer money, while doing what they were going to do, anyway.  And quite a bit of it, really.  $280K-$350K a month comes to $3.4M-4.2M a year.  I really just want to know what division this goes into. 

Yes, but with the Live subscription they also get access to the browser, Youtube, and other video streaming applications.

Well, I'm concerned about how the government is spending tax money to keep MS in the black, but it's actually a pretty good deal.
They also get that civilizations game for free this month, which should help the government learn better management systems. I haven't seen a granary in my parts in forever.

i wonder how the world will be when we are on our deathbed...

If I owned an Xbox I'd want a cut. Heck, if the FBI wants to give me $100 for my personal info and e-mails, by all means. Not only do I have nothing to hide, but have no illusions that we still live in a private society. Heck, the third most popular website in the world is nothing more than a marketing tool.

Unbelievable. If Microsoft started sacrificing children I'm sure you'd find a way to defend them. 

What kind of excuse is that?! So you don't mind a company profiting from your data? For example, if you were being investigated, and MS had info about you and decided to sell it, do you think its fair that MS could make millions from selling your data and you wouldn't even get  a single penny? 

so Msoft gets my money selling my data?

Wow Bill sorry i understimated you

What I dont understand is this:

Lets say a cop is going into your house on his own and finds alot of weed. Then you actually have no problem because the cop was never allowed to enter and so the evidence is not valid.

People that get problems because some idiots ignore their privacy should just sue them  because its the same. You never allowed X to see your data so whatever they find is not valid as evidence. And even if you agreed to let Microsoft give the data to third parties you NEVER accepted that the third party can do more than STORE it. You never agreed in letting the third party LOOK at it and especially not in analyzing and using against you. That was NEVER part of the contract.

I am not sure that comprehend what you are defending here.    Who are the ones who pay taxes to make the FBI exist...And who are the ones who's privacy get lost?

Americans pay money to a company for a product while exchanging their information with the company while at the same time Americans pay mone so a part of the goverment can ask their information from the company....