Original article referenced: http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/does-your-copy-of-office-2013-die-with-your-computer-20130208-2e3a1.html http:/

Original article referenced: http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/does-your-copy-of-office-2013-die-with-your-computer-20130208-2e3a1.html http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/does-you... My question follows his: Exactly how is this enforced? Is it just "forbidden" or are you actually blocked from using the retail activation code on a new computer? Is it tracked via your Microsoft cloud account? What if you change some of the hardware in your PC, will Office 2013 complain that it's a new computer? I'm very interested to see how Microsoft attempts to prevent spoofing. Does anyone with experience in this type of DRM have a comment on how a device with no real unique identifying property is tracked? As mentioned above, using the hardware configuration would have serious issues, and is certaintly not unique. A "cloud account" I can't imagine can tie itself to a device any easier (IP, obviously not, MAC address, not a good idea, etc.). How can MSoft allow re-installing it on a reformatted device, but not taking it to a new device?