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by tripletao
2976 days ago
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I'm replying to my own comment to note that he claims these documents are not authentic, and were forged by a former business partner who wanted to cut a better deal for himself. He says the government took all his computers, lost all his computers, and found the doctored emails on the partner's computer. He says he no longer had access to the mail server. He isn't super clear on the specifics of what's forged and what's not, beyond that the prices are forged. He doesn't seriously question that he intended customers to mistake the CDs for factory originals. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7hnVYMoctM&feature=youtu.be... Pretty weird--like, if this guy is going away on forged evidence, then isn't that a bigger story than the questionable valuation? But the alternative is that he's more or less a compulsive liar. You can judge his credibility for yourself in the interview; but at least to me, this is not a guy who should be testifying in his own defense. If anyone has the trial transcripts / motions / etc. that deal with this, then I'd love to see. Also: Microsoft seems to claim that the original license disappears when the original media (CD, or restore partition) are lost. I don't know enough about the applicable law, and I haven't read the license, so I don't know if this is true. If this is true, then anyone using his CD (or anyone downloading the image straight from Microsoft, for that matter) is breaking the license. There is no technical measure to enforce this, though. I presume this is the basis for Microsoft's claim that the CD was worth $25. |
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Citation from MS Legal (or exec Level) making this claim, I have never heard that in my 20+ years in IT
OEM License, legally, is tied to the Mainboard of the system (and some components of the MainBoard), that is the HardwareID MS uses to activate and record the activation.
the OEM SLIC is embedded in the BIOS/UEFI of major systems since Vista days, and I believe it was mandated for all OEM since Windows 8
There are virtually no systems today that ship with a physical restore media, and consumers are advised to make one themselves
So I would love to see someone from MS legal making this claim (which has no legal foundation)