obviously when a user goes to download the recovery disk from Microsoft, this does not happen directly: his requests are received by his ISP and then the last n

obviously when a user goes to download the recovery disk from Microsoft, this does not happen directly: his requests are received by his ISP and then the last non-microsoft device asks the first microsoft device for the file. From then on the ISP starts receiving a stream of bits. And the ISP then distributes them on to the original user. Cables and optical fibres are also physical media. Furthermore the ISP will also have distributed all the requisite SSL handshakes, such that the stream from the perspective of the user can be effectively seen as branded with the Microsoft logo (optionally displayed with a secure lock symbol depending on the browser)... Now if we all realize that ISP's are allowed to shamelessly distribute the recovery disk branded as authentic M$ warez, the judge might have been made to understand that it was not obvious for Lundgren that he would be forcefully fleeced.