[Question_Assumptions]

Uhhhh, sorry, but that doesn't wash. Each of those machines comes equipped from the OEM with a paper license. If he can't produce it, he's in violation.

That someone actually paid Microsoft for a license is, of course, irrelevant to you. You are more concerned that a person prove to Microsoft that they aren't ripping them off than having Microsoft prove that the person is ripping them off. Guilty until proven innocent, right?

[Bush2000]

That someone actually paid Microsoft for a license is, of course, irrelevant to you.

You're assuming that somebody "actually paid" -- which is doubtful in this case. Look, if somebody is using your product without paying for it, you have every right to take action against them. You guys like to think that that's un-American. Fine. The last thing this country needs is a lesson in commercial ethics from a bunch of Bolsheviks.