Re: Corporate XP and SP2
From: Herb Fritatta (Herb_at_dontspam.com)
Date: 09/08/04
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Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2004 17:13:05 -0500
Jupiter Jones [MVP] wrote:
> Herb;
> Yes there is.
> Many people are using unauthorized Product Keys on their computers.
> Whether they know it or not, they are using a stolen license.
>
> Are you suggesting just because it is possessed it, it is not stolen,
> nothing more to it?
> Does it matter how something is acquired?
> What do you call it?
> Does this also apply to other products you may have?
>
Well, I'm a little late in getting back to this thread, but...
You are having trouble, Mr. Jones, with a very simple concept. I said
that there is no such thing as a stolen license, and that is a correct
statement. You are a big defender of MS when it comes to piracy issues,
and I have no problem with that, but if you believe that a software
license can be stolen, or that *any* intangible property may be stolen,
you don't understand your own arguments. When I buy a retail XP
package, what am I actually paying for? Not the software, per se, the
rights for which remain Microsoft's property. I'm buying a physical
medium--the CD--and a license to use the software according to the terms
of the EULA. While someone might steal the disk and the COA and the
product key, the thief has *not* stolen my licence. The thief may
proceed to install and use the software and run into EULA-violation
issues, but godammit, the license is still *mine* and the thief doesn't
*have* a license.
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