downloaded for free is meaningless to the actual case. Not saying I
agree with the law they got him on as there should be some exceptions
but facts are the facts. Btw. This was the first version of the story I
read that mentioned that Microsoft sold replacement restore disks to
computer refurbish shops themselves.
I thought Microsoft would refer you to Dell, and Dell would be the ones to
sell them.
Had the discs not looked like the original restore discs then he might of
gotten away with it? Trademark infringement and all. Fake Louie.
It's stupid. It really is a mess trying to restore the OS when the hard
drive dies on machines that ship with recovery partitions and no media.
I mean, the fact the restore media is on a CD/DVD just says that it's for
old crusty computers.
New machines have the license keys baked into the BIOS, the Windows tax is
built in.
But the Netflix Bill Gates docuemntary says he is cool so the young people
trust Microsoft. And of course the beautiful machines Apple was making
kind of went to hell as they focus on telephones, which are declining.
Pretty much trapped.
- Ethan
Now if I made a copy of Raiders for someone else or copied it off a free
TV transmission and sold DVDs of that, it would be a crime since there
still is a way to buy a replacement DVD or watch/DVR it on free TV when
it happens to be on.
But that is different as Windows is protected by a software key, so the
restore disc is useless without it.
Cheers,
Corey
corey cohen
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On Oct 7, 2019, at 7:15 AM, John Foust via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
At 05:51 AM 10/7/2019, Dave Wade via cctalk wrote:
Must be the USA PC World. In the UK they would have tried to sell you an
extended warranty as well which is really just an insurance policy....
.. but the question is why PC World. Don't US universities have student
discount stores?
University student discount stores? You mean those state-sponsored
computer shops that put all the private computer shops out of business?
Only 1.2 :-), as for example in a nearby (10K student) university town,
there are no longer any private computer repair shops that a non-student
can go to as far as I can tell, so I'm actually picking up more business
because I'm one town away.
- John
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: Ethan O'Toole
