Thread: Is it legal...
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Old 28-08-2007, 12:15 AM   #9
Bruce Chambers
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Re: Is it legal...

Barry Watzman wrote:
> In my opinion (contrary to what others are saying) it probably is legal
> if you have your own legal COA and product key.



It's true that it's the Product Key, and not the physical CD, that
represents the license.

> But it's dangerous,
> because you don't know what you are getting (could be virus infected,
> for example).
>


Correct. Because, unless one has a very expensive MSDN subscription,
there are *NO* legitimate sources for downloading a Microsoft OS.





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