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XP SP2 Torrent Shows Legal P2P's Promise

Posted by simoniker on from the come-get-some dept.

Downhill Battle writes "With Congress debating new legislation that would ban p2p networks (along with other innovations and beloved products), we thought it was important to demonstrate the huge potential of p2p software to benefit the public. So now at SP2torrent.com you can get Windows XP SP2 via BitTorrent." Update: 08/09 21:10 GMT by S : As commenters note, you can also get XP SP2 from Microsoft's site, but it's explained: "DO NOT CLICK DOWNLOAD IF YOU ARE UPDATING JUST ONE COMPUTER: A smaller, more appropriate download will be available soon on Windows Update."

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  1. Re:What about last week? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    not to mention the full version of the game....before it was released... heh

  2. Nope. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    No its a fake. Microsoft is putting out a trojan 270MB (or so) .EXE on their website.

    Watch out!

  3. Re:I'll Do it anyway by Animekiksazz · · Score: 2, Funny

    the company I work for relies on IBM and our software doesn't work already. What harm could SP2 do that XP doesn't already do.

  4. Hmm.. by NotAHappyCoder · · Score: 3, Funny

    Via Bittorrent, I'm getting about 0.1k/s, but if I go and directly download from Microsoft's website, I get 100k/s. Go BitTorrent, Go! :)

  5. Re:Go Team Go! by ultranova · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why is it risky? Microsoft provides the download to anybody with a web browser. I'm downloading XP SP2 on a Mac right now, directly from Microsoft's website. So they're clearly not checking for valid serials before allowing the download. Perhaps the *install* is a different matter, however.

    Or it could be another fine example of quality Microsoft coding: since your Mac doesn't have a Windows serial number, it obviously can't have a serial number that's on the blacklist, and thus is allowed to download. This, in turn, means that your Mac can be used to circumvent the copy protection of the XP SP2 patch, and is therefore a copy protection circumvention device and in direct violation of the DMCA.

    Report yourself to the police immediately, citizen !

    Of course, the same would also be true for Linux, making Linux too a copy protection circumvention device and thus illegal. It seems I've uncovered the secret plot of Microsoft - will they sue me now for violating their patent on "method of having every competing operating system declared illegal to maintain monopoly position" ?

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  6. Re:Uh...Legal? by Fletch · · Score: 4, Funny
    you're not allowed to copy it if they don't explicitly say you can't
    I can't say that sentence doesn't not make my brain hurt.
  7. Re:Go Team Go! by pyrrhonist · · Score: 5, Funny
    I'm downloading XP SP2 on a Mac right now, directly from Microsoft's website.

    Well, knock it off!!! Let people who can actually install it use the bandwidth.
    Sheesh, I don't go around downloading OS X patches for the fun of it. Fucking Mac zealots!!!!!

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  8. Re:Go Team Go! by TheToon · · Score: 2, Funny

    HEHE! Thanks, you made my day brighter :)

    PS. Moderators: this is where you can use your funny points :)

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  9. Re:Uh...Legal? by Fred_A · · Score: 2, Funny

    P2P is lots of computers on a network (well, ok, several networks) and I bet a lot of them are used by IT professionals and developers.

    Ok, so a few kiddies will get at it to... no big deal.

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