in the US? almost certainly not, just like how ripping your own dvd's is technically illegal under the dmca. also, based on my own experience, you can activate

in the US? almost certainly not, just like how ripping your own dvd's is technically illegal under the dmca. also, based on my own experience, you can activate windows 7 on multiple computers with the same key just fine (got 1 key through msdnaa, wanted to get another to replace my academic home premium because i needed/wanted the backup functionality and xp mode. but when it took my schools msdnaa admin more than a week to respond, i just used the key i already had. at some point i'm sure i'll switch over to the new key that i eventually i got, but i don't see a reason to do that until windows starts hassling me).