Re: Valid Product Keys for Windows XP SP2 Professional Volume License Edition

Gregg Hill wrote:
Copyright violation in the US is a federal offense

I don't live in the US.

Using the software for which you have not paid is copyright violation .

A civil offense.

If you did not pay for it, and you are using a copy of someone else's software, whether illegal civilly or criminally, it is still illegal, and it is still theft.

No, it's a civil offense. Interesting how MS' EULA gives them the right to change the rules at any time but if you go back on your agreement, you think they should be locked up and have their lives ruined.

If there is no profit motive, where I live, it is not a crime or a civil offense.

I define "theft" as taking something that does not belong to you and which you have no right to use.

Who decides what belongs to whom and who has the right to use it, you?

That transcends your requirement for it to be a criminal act.

No, that is your vague opinion of what theft is.


In your country, is the Microsoft EULA written to allow use of someone else's Volume License Key to run the Microsoft software? If not, then it is still theft.

Not if there's no profit motive. If you copy XP and sell the copy, you're in trouble. If you copy it and put it on another computer or give it to a friend, you aren't. It will be really interesting to read the new EULA now that this is law here. I'll be sure and post it ;-)


I would prefer to be on high moral ground than to be an underground rat that steals from people.

Gregg

There's no reason to refer to me as an "underground rat" or "an unscrupulous person". Can you please stick to the issues and avoid personal attacks?

Alias




"Alias" <aka@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:eLN$4RCBHHA.3536@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Gregg Hill wrote:
Software piracy is no different than someone who walks into your house and steals your computer, TV, jewels, etc. It is THEFT. I'll bet you would be upset if someone stole YOUR belongings, but you seem to think it is OK to do just because Bill has more money than you do.
Um, in the country where I live, sharing software is called "fair use" and is not illegal at all as long as there is no financial gain. Oops. In the USA, if you copy XP that you paid for, it is NOT theft but copyright violation, a civil, not criminal, offense.

Don't be such an unscrupulous person.

Gregg
Get off your high moral horse and do some research before you stick your hoof in your mouth again.

Alias

"Alias" <aka@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23W9WtGCBHHA.4892@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Bruce Chambers wrote:
nt2000_xp1997@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
These keys have been reported few times in June, but are still valid up
to this moment !!

Well, we'll see. Microsoft can't do much about the contents of Chinese
web sites, but they can, if they so desire, disable those keys.
They don't desire to do that. They are still saturating the Chinese market.

In the meantime, let's hope that Microsoft at least prosecutes you for
aiding and abetting in software piracy.
That'll be the day! MS take someone to court to uphold their scammy EULA? Give me a break.

Alias

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