Does all of this change when talking about Win 7? See this: http://www.w7forums.com/threads/official-windows-7-sp1-iso-image-downloads.12325/
On 15 January 2014 18:35, Adam Thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > 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/ >
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