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Originally Posted by martyh
that is so wrong ,anybody can download a copy of windows ,you just pay for the license key.
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So I can download a copy of MS if I prove I have a licence? Please provide a link to where I can do this as I'd like a back-up copy.
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Originally Posted by _wtf_
I wonder how the people who believe in the term 'copyright theft' feel about boot sales where you can pick up genuine DVD's, let's not forget trading standards patrol boot sales, for 50p and sometimes even less? Today I bought 14 DVD's for less than £10 have I broken any copyright laws?
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What a stupid question. If they were genuine then no you haven't.
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Originally Posted by martyh
Shame on you  ,i hope you went straight home and wrote some money out for the millionairs...err poor deprived artists |
No need as they were genuine versions.
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Originally Posted by _wtf_
Nope straight home and ripped them to the NAS.  |
Quite right too
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Originally Posted by martyh
Actually i think it is ,giving them away isn't but selling them without the license holders permission is copyright infringement,i may be wrong but i don't think the licence is transferable ,willing to be corrected though
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Pretty sure you're wrong but, as you say, happy to be corrected. (Preferably by a young lady in leather :or PVC p: But that's a whole
other thread
)