Re: License Theft

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From: Mike Brannigan [MSFT] (mikebran_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 05/24/04 

Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 08:29:01 +0100

Your PC was given to your old company.
If there was software installed on that PC then unless you supplied the
original media and all appropriate paper work such as Certificate of
Authenticity or paper license then you did not transfer the license to the
company.
If they run the software on that PC without the appropriate license then
they are in breach of the product licensing.
They have not stolen anything from you.

All of this is assuming that all the software (operating system and
applications) were retail products. If they were OEM products then those
license move with he device as they are tied to it. If you have retained
any of the media or associated paperwork then you must supply it to the
company as your use of it would be a breach of license and a use of
unlicensed software.

If you require any further advice I suggest you seek professional legal
representation. 

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Mike
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<CTurner943@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
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>I was recently fired by my boss who is basically using me
> as a capegoat for bldg, health and safety issues he has
> finally been caught for.  My big problem is 3 days before
> he fired me in an effort to make productivity in the office
> better I offered to donate my computer (his was a very
> early pentium with something like 80MB for ram) and nothing
> was loading right.  Even though he knew he was going to
> fire me he lured me into signing the gift of my computer.
> Now that he has fired me I do understand I lost the
> computer (have a newer one so thats no big deal) however
> all the programs on the computer I never gave license to
> him or the company they are all registered in my name
> individually.  It includes Windows XP and Office 2000.
> When I tried to go to the office to say the programs were
> mine the new manager (an ex motorcycle cop from LA)
> threatened to physically stop me.  What are my legal
> options, after all the programs are single proprietary
> licenses right?
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