[kahnpro]

They shouldn't. But criminal penalties? Jail time? Are you kidding?

[ferongr]

Well, it was a commercial, for profit enterprise.

[vezycash]

Let's assume the ffg scenarios:

* Some people don't know how to download ISO files from the internet. Or even how to use them

* Some have poor internet / limited bandwidth

* Their laptops isn't booting and don't want their files wiped by recovery mode

If a technician is to provide repair discs to people in this scenario - no Windows Keys - should the technician customers this disc for free?

[ferongr]

This "thought experiment" has nothing to with the case at hand i.e. selling counterfeit recovery disks with identical labels and marking for profit.

[strathmeyer]

Damn how much jail time has Microsoft done for the stuff they've been found guilty of?