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Unfortunately this is an area where copyright law is not up to date with regards to installation media for software with built-in DRM regimes. The value of Win
by snuxoll 9y ago
Unfortunately this is an area where copyright law is not up to date with regards to installation media for software with built-in DRM regimes.
The value of Windows installation media is the cost of the disk it is burned to + the time it takes to burn unless there's an associated license (or a crack bundled that would let you bypass activation, which got laughably easy post-Windows 8 because of the new SLIC activation scheme).
Unfortunately, copyright law doesn't care - the copies were made, and the copies were distributed, unless the license explicitly allowed such copying Lundgren was in the wrong in the eyes of the law. Ironically, the same thing applies to the Windows 8/10 installation media you can download directly from the Microsoft website - though you can get it for absolutely free the license still prohibits distribution.
- DoctorOetker 9y agobut how is the ISP allowed to distribute?
- belltaco 9y ago>The value of Windows installation media is the cost of the disk it is burned to + the time it takes to burn That's the cost, not the value. If value = cost, no one will ever make a profit.
- freehunter 9y agoIn this case cost does actually equal value. There's zero inherent value to these discs without a license, so if you already have a license the value of the disc is the time it takes to burn it plus the cost of the disc. If you don't already have a license, the disc is worthless because it won't work without it.