Several Russian retailers have begun selling OEM versions of Windows.
They are essential for PC builders, but anyone can buy them. According to Izvestia, such OS versions occurred in DNS, Citylink, Yandex.Market and Wildberries.
DNS and Citylink assured the review that they do not ask buyers for any additional information when selling software. However, Citylink noted that the OEM / OEI version of Windows is additionally marked so that the buyer purchases the equipment that he takes.
Version tagging for collectors in DNS
On online platforms, you can also freely add goods to your shopping cart and buy.
A consumer purchase, if the user is not a PC builder, formally has acceptable consumption limits and does not, in fact, qualify for Windows or any other Microsoft product, since using the software under a license requires the risks of a tort charge. 146 of the Criminal Code (“Violation of copyright and related rights”).
Kirill Lyakhmanov, Chief Legal Adviser of EDB Intellectual Property Expertise
Wildberries reported that Microsoft did not apply for the sale of OEM Windows on its site. If this sensor, the product promptly arrives from the catalog. The DNS and Yandex Market declined to comment. [Известия]
Source: Iphones RU
