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

Gregg Hill wrote:
"Alias" <aka@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:ukd4M$XBHHA.996@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Gregg Hill wrote:
Alias,

I did not respond because I did not see that part in your post. I thought I had read it all. OK, for your sake regarding this portion, I'll respond.

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I don't advocate stealing one dime from anyone. I do advocate fair use in regards to software. You think they are both stealing and this is where we disagree.


Please tell me what you consider to be stealing. I loosely define it as taking something from someone without permission or compensation. A thief who breaks into your home and steals your TV would likely think it is "fair use" for him, too, because you have so much more money than he has. An ethical and moral person would realize that just because you have more money than the guy breaking into your house, it is still wrong for him to do so. As I stated before, if you steal (take without permission or compenstation) one apple, or the whole orchard, you have still stolen. I'll bet that every thief, rapist, and murderer in prison thinks they were justified in what they did.

You can rationalize all you want, but if you do that in this case, you break the End User License Agreement, regardless of whether or not it is legally binding in your country. It is an agreement between the seller and the END USER, YOU, and if you violate it, you are stealing, plain and simple.

Breaking the MS's EULA is not a crime, because the EULA is not a law. It's a license. This means that if someone does "agree" to the license and then does not follow it, it is a contract dispute between that party and MS. It is not a crime. The logical course of action is for MS to take the individual to court in order to enforce their license. But MS doesn't. They instead put more and more buggy DRM and consumer limiting technologies into their products which treats the average consumer of their products like a criminal.
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