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Originally Posted by Kymmy
Actually not true.. The ISO itself is intellectual property (licensed or not) and I'm sure that Microsoft themselves do not license all the sites that Microsoft ISOs can be found on.. By downloading on a P2P site you could also be guilty of sharing it even if you have your own key..
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I think it's a bit of a gray area... i haven't read the EULA so i guess i shouldn't be so sure about what i'm saying.
I guess what i'm doing is mixing morals in with legality, to be fair, it isn't morally wrong to download an ISO and register it with a valid key that you own or have paid for, but then you can download the ISO for free from licensed sources.
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Originally Posted by Milambar
Even if you own a valid licence, it does not authorize you to download a copy. The licence only applies to the copy that came with the PC.
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The license authorizes you to install and activate the copy of the software upon which it grants you a license too. It doesn't only apply to the pre-installed OS.
In some cases your recovery software will be locked to your specific motherboard, so that can't be used on another machine, but the license itself is not.