Want to upgrade my mobo, ram and graphic's card, OEM XP Pro, issues ??

[Bruce Chambers]

After reading the other posts here I agree the most with Mr. Chambers.

Thank you.

You purchased an OS for your computer and want to upgrade the MOBO now.
I consider that this falls well within the concept of "fair use" of
intellectual property which has been upheld by the Supreme Court.

'"Fair use" ... upheld by the Supreme Court.' isn't even relevant to
the subject at hand, however. "Fair Use" is a very narrowly defined
concept that simply doesn't apply:

TITLE 17 , CHAPTER 1 , Sec. 107.
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html

U.S. Copyright Office - Fair Use
http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl102.html



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[Bruce Chambers]

But can I ask, what is the problem with buying Windows off Ebay ??

Getting a legitimate license of any kind from eBay is something of
a crap shoot. One should be very careful buying any software on eBay,
as eBay makes no prior effort to ensure that such sales are legitimate.
The problems stem from two completely different sources, but have the
same results: the buyer gets ripped off. A great many people don't fully
understand the terms of the license they own, and don't understand that
they cannot legitimately resell it, and - worse still - there are a
great many sellers who do know that they're selling bogus licenses. eBay
reacts only when someone files a complaint, and then all that really
happens, especially in the case of the many deliberate fraudsters, is
the seller of the pirated software returns using a different alias, to
continue selling illegitimate licenses.


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