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Re:Argentine government favors farmers in dispute with Monsanto by eru on Friday April 22, 2016 @08:40AM (#11548644)
> In that case, no, Microsoft would not be able to do anything to someone who found a Windows DVD modified to remove the EULA check [...]

They would certainly be able to do something about that person, if said person would start distributing copies.

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Re:Argentine government favors farmers in dispute with Monsanto by E6300 on Friday April 22, 2016 @10:02AM (#11549243)
Sure, but that's why the example only says that the person installed the software.

Also, question: What if, unknowingly to this person, the OS had been modified to act as a BitTorrent client and seed copies of itself?

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Re:Argentine government favors farmers in dispute with Monsanto by eru on Saturday April 23, 2016 @03:01AM (#11554507)
I think there's stuff like Acting in Good Faith that comes in.
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