Re: same copy of xp on 2 computers?

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From: Tom (noway_at_nothere.com)
Date: 08/22/04 

Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2004 11:38:48 -0400

"Bruce Chambers" <bruce_a_chambers@h0tmail.com> wrote in message news:uIaldjFiEHA.700@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Greetings --
>
> I suggest that you read the copyright law, yourself. ANY use of
> copyrighted material without the express permission of the copyright
> holder, beyond the very narrow scope of fair use, is a violation of
> the copyright law. It makes absolutely no difference whether one is
> violating the Penal Code or the Civil Code - you're still violating
> the law. Whether the matter would be adjudicated in a civil court
> versus a criminal court is 100% irrelevant.
>

So, you're stating that if I use the same copy of XP on the very same PC it is installed on, with two installations, that it is a copyright violation?

You still don't get Civil code. It is NOT against the LAW to violate a contract, or break an agreement, and it is not punishable by any criminal code, unless actual criminal activity was used in breaking it. Since their is no copyright violation, no law is broken, and MS' only avenue is to pursue the this in a civil court of law, and seek monetary compensation, or another form of compensation. They cannot seek to have the defendant placed in prison, as that can only be from breaking a criminal law.

It is not a copyright violation to use the same disk on the same PC for two installation (IOWs, two partition with an installation on each), as the EULA states on the same computer system, or the same hardware. Even then, that terminology is vague, but it is not a copyright violation to use that disk on two PCs, and a copy was not made for that purpose, as one disk was used for that installation. But to be clear, I do not do this, as I understand what one PC means for each license, and I abide by that agreement, and will break it.

It is a violation to lend it out, and then use it as such for another to use, as they then have a copy of that disk on another piece of hardware/PC system.

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