UK Judge Rules COA is Not Evidence of a License

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Friday July 7, 2006 @03:17AM from the need-more-than-that dept.

blane.bramble writes "In a ruling against a company selling counterfeit and genuine licenses, a UK judge seems to have ruled that the Certificate of Authenticity is not itself sufficient proof of license possession. This could have major ramifications for UK businesses that consider keeping the COA as proof of being licensed. The quote in question is 'Thus it can confer no license for the use of any Microsoft software by passing on the COA (certificate of authenticity), nor can the COA be evidence of, or itself confer, such a license'."

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Get lawyers on staff by Trigun · 2006-07-07 03:20 · Score: 5, Funny

And maybe a notary as well. Some videographers would help out for all those business deals.

I think I'll go into the market of blood-filled pens. I think blood is still binding, but I am (thankfully) not a lawyer!