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Re:Electronics-Recycling Innovator Going to Prison for Exten... by qha on Saturday December 29, 2018 @09:16AM (#18783635)
It's their software and they can do whatever they want with it. The real travesty here is thinking that just because Windows is widely used it should be given away.
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Re:Electronics-Recycling Innovator Going to Prison for Exten... by ineedasername on Saturday December 29, 2018 @10:29AM (#18783991)
I agree with the sentiment, but in this case it appears the discs were just being used to restore software that was still legally licensed to the computer. But license issues aside, it seems this guy was conspiring to commit fraud through the customs/import process too.
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