Not the legal situation - you are still bound by contact. It is true, however, that MS is reducing the number of images they maintain, so the likelihood that the image you're licensed to have and the image someone is giving you are in fact the same image, is increasing dramatically. In other words, everyone is now doing less illegal activity, more or less by accident. -Adam
On Jan 15, 2014 5:01 PM, Justin Lacko <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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/ > > _______________________________________________ SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/
