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Originally Posted by JosephM
I think his question was based on will he get punnished for the theft.
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If it were true that Service Pack 2 was to destroy hardware with illegal copies of an operating system, you would be held accountable for the action of running such software. You'd have to be, really, as there's not exactly a practical way for the SP2 download to identify your illegal software and investigate where it came from, right?
However, if you cannot conclusively prove that the OS was installed illegally prior to your use of it -- which you can't, as there's no evidence or record thereof -- you're probably going to be considered responsible in the eyes of the law.