Copyright violation in the US is a federal offense. Using the software for
which you have not paid is copyright violation . If you did not pay for it,
and you are using a copy of someone else's software, whether illegal civilly
or criminally, it is still illegal, and it is still theft.

I define "theft" as taking something that does not belong to you and which
you have no right to use. That transcends your requirement for it to be a
criminal act.

In your country, is the Microsoft EULA written to allow use of someone
else's Volume License Key to run the Microsoft software? If not, then it is
still theft.

I would prefer to be on high moral ground than to be an underground rat that
steals from people.

Gregg




"Alias" wrote in message
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Gregg Hill wrote:
Software piracy is no different than someone who walks into your house
and steals your computer, TV, jewels, etc. It is THEFT. I'll bet you
would be upset if someone stole YOUR belongings, but you seem to think it
is OK to do just because Bill has more money than you do.

Um, in the country where I live, sharing software is called "fair use" and
is not illegal at all as long as there is no financial gain. Oops. In the
USA, if you copy XP that you paid for, it is NOT theft but copyright
violation, a civil, not criminal, offense.

Don't be such an unscrupulous person.

Gregg

Get off your high moral horse and do some research before you stick your
hoof in your mouth again.

Alias


"Alias" wrote in message
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Bruce Chambers wrote:
wrote:
These keys have been reported few times in June, but are still valid
up
to this moment !!

Well, we'll see. Microsoft can't do much about the contents of Chinese
web sites, but they can, if they so desire, disable those keys.
They don't desire to do that. They are still saturating the Chinese
market.

In the meantime, let's hope that Microsoft at least prosecutes you for
aiding and abetting in software piracy.
That'll be the day! MS take someone to court to uphold their scammy
EULA? Give me a break.

Alias