Not AFAIK. Fair Use only comes into play with "published" material that is publicly available, and only covers copyright. 1) ms media aren't publicly published, from a legal standpoint 2) as you mentioned, contract law governs this, not copyright law. -Adam
On Jan 15, 2014 11:22 AM, Robert Keizer <[email protected]> wrote: > > Fair use/dealing comes into this. > > http://laws.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-42/page-18.html#h-26 > > I'm not going to attempt to claim that I understand how far the term > "Private Study" can be extended though. Or "research" for that matter. > > In the end, breaking the license agreement would be the real issue, as > it is technically legally binding in some cases. > > Rob > > On 14-01-15 10:43 AM, Ron wrote: > > 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. > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List > >>> Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss > >>> Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ > >> _______________________________________________ > >> SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List > >> Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss > >> Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ > > _______________________________________________ > > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List > > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss > > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ > > > _______________________________________________ > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ _______________________________________________ SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/
