Good point - I know Mat well and I'm sure that he would not advocate that I break the law.
Although it would seem that the only way to actually restore functionality to the software product that I legally "license" from Microsoft is to purchase a second physical copy... except that of course it's not a copy ... just a second "license" to run the software that they "own" because at no point do you actually "own" any of the software on the computer. But you have to "own" a CD to get it to run .... my head hurts... Let's see what sigmonster has to say... Regards, Edmund Cramp -- If you want a good example of how selective denial of service doesn't work as a method of contraception, this would appear to have been it. -- Sam Nelson puts the 'service' back into 'denial of service' in ASR > -----Original Message----- > From: general-bounces at brlug.net > [mailto:general-bounces at brlug.net] On Behalf Of Shannon Roddy > Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 4:49 AM > To: general at brlug.net > Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Getting blood from a stone (a sad tale) > > On 6/21/07, mat branyon <mat.branyon at gmail.com> wrote: > > Its not illegal if you own the software you are downloading > > > > Try arguing that once you are sued. ;-) $20,000 in attorney > fees later it might be dismissed. Don't get me started on > the highly profitable extortion scheme DirecTV used or the > guilty until proven innocent attitude of the RIAA, MPAA, and BSA. > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General at brlug.net > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >
