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Piracy is allowed on HN now?

• Maken 9mo ago
  This still requires you to have a valid Windows 7 or Vista key.
• haunter 9mo ago
  Always have been
• CalRobert 9mo ago
  Imagine if we actually discussed hacking!
  • Imustaskforhelp 9mo ago
    Gosh the horror!
• blell 9mo ago
  Yes? All news articles contain a link to archive.is as a pinned comment.
  • majorchord 9mo ago
    I don't see one here?
    • 1317 9mo ago
      because this one isn't paywalled
  • WalterGR 9mo ago
    There are no pinned comments here. Any archive.is links are posted by random members.
    • blell 9mo ago
      But are pinned by mods.
• megous 9mo ago
  Piracy is a socially responsible thing to do these days, when MS reportedly helps persecuting and killing people. IBM of 2020s.
  • MonkeyClub 9mo ago
    > and killing people. I wasn't aware of that, what are you referring to?
    • megous 9mo ago
      https://www.972mag.com/microsoft-8200-intelligence-surveillance-cloud-azure/ https://www.972mag.com/microsoft-8200-intelligence-surveilla...
• ofrzeta 9mo ago
  It's Abandonware, isn't it?
  • majorchord 9mo ago
    AFAIK That is not a valid legal defense in the US. But I'd love to be proven wrong.
• cornonthecobra 9mo ago
  Maybe a nit, but this isn't piracy. Windows has been officially free to download and install since Windows XP. That was when Microsoft switched to their Product Activation DRM, and the license key became the bit you paid for. Tangent: I miss MSDN AA
  • ranger_danger 9mo ago
    My understanding is that "free to download" means only from MS, but I could be wrong. And I suppose the only way to know for sure would be to take the issue to court, which is also going to be a subjective opinion from a judge.