[justlurking]

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.

You are presuming that the software in question was installed by the OEM. It was probably an application installed afterwards by their own IT or even engineering staff -- like Visual Studio, or other software typically used by engineering staff and not clerical staff.

That's a reasonable assumption, given this quote from the article:

We pass our old computers down. The guys in engineering need a new PC, so they get one and we pass theirs on to somebody doing clerical work.

[Bush2000]

You are presuming that the software in question was installed by the OEM.

Doesn't matter. Regardless of how the software was installed, the buyer received a paper license. That license could be an individual license -- or a site license -- but in either case, the buyer has it. If he doesn't, he's violating the conditions of the license.