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Originally Posted by speedyink
This is just a case of it technically being illegal because of some bullshit rule that some executive thought of so be smarmy and clear all the loopholes. The reality? It causes many angry people, more money for microsoft, as it makes them have to reship the product to the customer, creates more waste, energy and materials for the packaging is needed.
To answer your question, yes, going by the set rule by microsoft, it is illegal. However, in a logical view standpoint, it saves time, money and energy to do it anyway.
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By they you mean the government and supreme court right? Sure the MPAA, RIAA, and big computer companies lobbied for things like the DMCA, but it was the government that made it official, not the CEOs.
Microsoft now wants to go to a yearly subscription fee, where the customer pays a set amount of money each year (to be determined) and it allows them to download whatever versions they want and are available. Of course it is only in the works nothing official about it yet.
Remember you don't own windows, you lease it for $150 to $300 per a license.