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Come on it's really not that BAD
What happens is that Microsoft Legal issues Court Papers indicating that they are suing you threatens and your business for a couple of years and then you come to an agreement Out of Court with them where you pay them a fine for breach of contract for violating the EULA and then they add you and the company directly to the Enforcement Alert Notifications where the Company Owner, their Business Name and their Personal Address gets listed for all to read and these Enforcement Alerts get sent out to all Microsoft Partners regularly as well as posted on the Microsoft Web Site in your country.
So you not only get to pay Microsoft considerably more than what the correct licenses would have cost but you get the Stress of a Legal Fight which your Legal Representatives will insist you Can Not win for at the very least 2 years most times longer and then everyone gets to know what a Cheapskate you actually are and you are held up for the Ridicule you deserve. OH you also get to pay your own Legal Costs and any incurred by Microsoft as well. This is part of the Out of Court Settlement. Of course if you can not come to an agreement with Microsoft Legal you can always go to the Court and fight them but that's going to cost you and your company considerably more.
That is exactly what happens when a business gets caught breaching the License Agreement with Microsoft. They do that to places where they really didn't do that much wrong like Bulk Loading second hand systems and not changing the Windows Product Key to what is on the COA just to teach them a lesson.
I'm sure that Microsoft Legal would love to get their hands on something as blatant as using Home Product to make money off. Personally I think the consequences would be far worse than what most of the reports I read in the Enforcement Alerts are but maybe that's just me.
Col
So you not only get to pay Microsoft considerably more than what the correct licenses would have cost but you get the Stress of a Legal Fight which your Legal Representatives will insist you Can Not win for at the very least 2 years most times longer and then everyone gets to know what a Cheapskate you actually are and you are held up for the Ridicule you deserve. OH you also get to pay your own Legal Costs and any incurred by Microsoft as well. This is part of the Out of Court Settlement. Of course if you can not come to an agreement with Microsoft Legal you can always go to the Court and fight them but that's going to cost you and your company considerably more.
That is exactly what happens when a business gets caught breaching the License Agreement with Microsoft. They do that to places where they really didn't do that much wrong like Bulk Loading second hand systems and not changing the Windows Product Key to what is on the COA just to teach them a lesson.
I'm sure that Microsoft Legal would love to get their hands on something as blatant as using Home Product to make money off. Personally I think the consequences would be far worse than what most of the reports I read in the Enforcement Alerts are but maybe that's just me.
Col
Moderator Posted by HAL 9000
Updated - 1st Mar
