So the OEM can image the disk.
"Leonard" <Leonard@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Yes, we should not gett into the ethical/moral implications. Why does MS
> give
> me a product key that is different from the one used by the Vista on my
> PC?
>
> "David B." wrote:
>
>> MS wouldn't know about it, that's why it works. Using the OEM license you
>> bought on the computer you bought it with is perfect, transferring that
>> OEM
>> license to a different PC is a violation of the EULA, whether you read
>> the
>> EULA or not, or whether you choose to violate it or not. You did not pay
>> for
>> the right to use the Product key that shipped with your OEM PC on another
>> PC. I'm not getting into the ethical/moral implications, I'm just
>> explaining
>> how the license works.
>>
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>> "Alias" <aka@masked&anonymous.cl> wrote in message
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>> >
>> > And how would MS know about it, being as their flawed WPA program
>> > activates it and their flawed WGA program genuinizes it? How is using
>> > something you bought stealing? Besides, breeching an EULA is NOT
>> > illegal
>> > and is NOT stealing. It's a civil offense, not a criminal offense and
>> > stealing, be it grand or petty larceny, is a criminal offense.
>> >
>> > Of course, that won't stop the Justins of the world from declaring
>> > anyone
>> > who breeches the terms of an EULA as "thieves".
>> >
>> > Alias
>>