My point is microsoft is wrong to call it piracy since it isn't, the treating of a physical and iso copy of windows without keys as gold (they're designed for limited use without a key, how is this gold?), and damn them for trying to make people feel criminalized when all they did was lose their installation disc. I doubt i'm going to find anywhere that will cite where it states that it's perfectly legal, because that would be good for the sheeple and not company profits.
Yes i understand following microsofts bull**** saying you can only get copies from an authorized dealer just to keep people potentially safe from retard litigation. However, if you download an untouched windows iso anywhere, what is exactly illegal for something that is harmless as this? This certainly is not illegal, lawyers and other higher ups have probably convinced enough people it is that maybe this is law somewhere. It shouldn't even be considered bad in the EULA. It's all about nickel and diming to make you think you have to buy a replacement when a disc is lost and criminalizing something so basic to computer use (getting a hold of a backup copy if you have lost your own). This isn't the first time a company or in some cases and industry takes to handing out mistruths for gain (my favorite is the purported illegalities of second sale (which is legal)).
I did take note to the fact that i didn't link to anything from an official microsoft authorized download (i guess you didn't take my note that i was quite well obviously pre-noted, not trying to be an asshole, i thought i presented myself previously in such a tone good willed obvious defiance). That copy i linked to works fine. Downloaded it before for fixing a customers windows 7 pc. I recommend just googling and getting a copy if people have lost their disc and just need to reinstall, or perhaps just copying a friends disc if that's closer by for it to be faster. I got into pc for a while, and I get into pc again when the need arises for someone without a disc.
