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		eru on April 22, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Argentine government favors farmers in dispute wit... > In that case, no, Microsoft would not be able to do anything to someone who found a Windows DVD modified to remove the EULA check [...] They would certainly be able to do something about that person, if said person would start distributing copies.

E6300 on April 22, 2016 [–]

Sure, but that's why the example only says that the person installed the software.

Also, question: What if, unknowingly to this person, the OS had been modified to act as a BitTorrent client and seed copies of itself?

eru on April 23, 2016 | [–]

I think there's stuff like Acting in Good Faith that comes in.

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