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Re: XP Service Pack 2 Bomb

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Originally Posted by ToMMan b182
EULAs are alot different than a contract.. A contract is signed and witnessed most of the time. Always singed by the person it is being given to tho. A EULA is a simple click of the mouse. There is no evidence to say who clicked the mouse. What if I bought my computer from small business, and they used a stolen key. Am I therefore resposible for the theft? Does my property need to be destroyed? Yes, a EULA is binding, but no, I do not think MS has the power to do this.
Ignorance of the law does not give one absolution from its governance.

If you unknowingly buy stolen property and the police later find out it's stolen property, they take it back. You don't get to keep it. Nobody cares that you were unaware or that you paid for it.
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