Re: Legality of OEM Win XP 1-2 CPU

From: kurttrail (dontemailme_at_anywhereintheknownuniverse.org)
Date: 06/04/04 

Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 21:06:55 -0400

none wrote:

> Lets see, theft is not illegal. cool.

What theft?

>
> You and Ashley really need to hook up. You guys would rule the world.
>
> So I could by just one copy of microsoft office and install it on all
> 300 PCs and not worry about any reprocussions? Is it ok if I get
> audited to tell them Tee said it OK.
>

You are talking about for a business use. Private non-commercial
Individuals have "fair use" rights that the copyright owner can't
shrink-wrap license away.

MS's EULA is a perfectly valid commercial use contract, but when it comes to
the private non-commercial use of legally purchased software the copyright
owner doesn't possess the right to limit an individuals "fair use" of their
copy of copyrighted material.

"Any individual may reproduce a copyrighted work for a "fair use"; the
copyright owner does not possess the exclusive right to such a use." -
http://laws.findlaw.com/us/464/417.html 

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