Microsoft definitely distributes ISO files through legit channels - MSDN
and Technet for example. They aren't licensed to share, though.

Zewwy - it's technically piracy, and even if the definition there is
vague (which it's not), it just *looks* bad, and optics are important.

Ron

On 2014-01-15 08:07, Benjamin Bergman wrote:
> I agree with Mark on most of what he said, except not all ISOs are
> infringement. In university I remember needing to install Windows for
> a course and the Engineering tech support giving us a key and a link
> to Microsoft's own MSDN website where we could download the ISOs and
> burn our own copies. Lots of different versions were available.
> 
> On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 8:01 AM, Mark Jenkins <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> If there just ISO without keys how is that piracy?
> >
> > Here's the TL;DR version: every time you "copy that floppy" without explicit
> > permission to do so it's piracy. Being in possession of a legit OEM sticker
> > doesn't magically make unauthorized install media legit -- even if the combo
> > of the two passes activation.
> >
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