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Originally Posted by Greg McCoy
Many in the open-source movement strongly reject software piracy or "copyright infringment" because they realize how much a lawsuit could jeopardize their work.
It seems to me that copyright infringement is essentially the theft of intellectual property. Neither is exactly gracious professionalism, and discussing both are explictly against the rules of this forum.
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The thing is, you should be able to use a copy of Windows that
you bought on
your computers. Why should you have to pay $300 every time you get a new computer? According to US copyright laws, it is not infringement
to make additional copies or adaptations of computer programs (as stated here). You are not stealing anything from Microsoft. You are using what you paid $300 for.
As per it being illegal to discuss this, then I apologize. I'm not trying to tell people to go out and pirate software, but rather I am trying to have an intellectual debate on how Microsoft manipulates its customers.