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Thread ID: 17636	2002-04-08 12:09:00	Warning: XP Pro Piracy - SP1	Guest (0)	Press F1

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42666	2002-04-08 12:09:00	I would like to notify that I have read on several sites about how Microsoft intend to 'block' black-listed CD-Key's in the upcoming release of SP1. Just a warning to all those using pirated Windows XP, remove it ASAP if you want your PC to keep going, or alternatively, buy it.	Guest (0)
42667	2002-04-08 12:23:00	Lol... or don't download SP1!!	Guest (0)
42668	2002-04-08 13:11:00	If you're that way inclined and have a pirated copy. There's bound to be another new CD-Key spread around. JM	Guest (0)
42669	2002-04-08 22:30:00	its unfair to others if u have the originals but borrowed a key elsewhere .... also if got a hacked copy to avoid re-registering but do in fact have a original cd and certifictae. in other words am in pirating cos i'm not sharing my personal info with M$, furthermore its not right for me to avoid being abused by M$ calling after the first time to install upon say new windows or a new PC!	Guest (0)
42670	2002-04-08 23:01:00	If you are running a pirated copy then you are legally a thief! If you don't like MS's rules, then don't use their software, don't steal it and still complain though.	Guest (0)
42671	2002-04-09 10:55:00	when i purchased the original how i use it is up to me as long as I use the product as it is and doh modify the programming. If i sold u a hamburger the hell can tell u how u can consume MY burger! Does it means 50yr down the track i would still be using win2000,, office 97(!).	Guest (0)
42672	2002-04-09 10:57:00	when i purchased the original how i use it is up to me as long as I use the product as it is and doh modify the programming. If i sold u a hamburger the hell can tell u how u can consume MY burger! Does it means 50yr down the track i would still be using win2000,, office 97(!).	Guest (0)
42673	2002-04-10 22:37:00	If you have a hacked copy, it is considered to be stolen - it doesn't matter if you've paid for a copy or not. You legally agreed, by opening the original packaging, to MS's terms of use (that bloody huge and complex document that nobody ever reads). Those terms include a one-copy, one computer agreement. If you transfer it to another computer, how do MS know that you haven't still got it on the original computer? This violates the terms of the agreement you made, so you have stolen a copy. If you haven't left a copy on the old machine, then what are you afraid of in telling them. Under that agreement, you do not own the software. You have only purchased the right to use it on a single computer. It is nothing like buying a hamburger as 1. you own the burger, 2. you're hardly likely to be eating it twice and 3. You can make as many copies of the burger as you wish. As I said, if you don't like MS's rules, don't use their product. If, like so many of us, you have no choice but to use it, then you must do so under their terms. Nobody likes the fact that Bill's got us by the short and curlies, but like he famously stated - life is unfair; get used to it! In closing, may I please add that I do not work for MS and in no way believe that MS is fair or reasonable in its user agreements. If they sold something that worked properly at a reasonably cheap price and allowed a family to use it on all the computers in a single home then they probably wouldn't have a piracy problem and would probably make even more money, but the rules won't change if they are continually broken. Regards, Ray A.	Guest (0)
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