What the hell is going on here? Doesn't Microsoft offer similar for free download from their own website? I seem to remember their media creation tool not prompting for a key until install time. Why on earth would they fight this?
He was not providing people with restore media they could use to
fix their own machines. He was taking the restore media, burning
it onto discs _with official Microsoft and Dell logos on them
and then selling them to computer refurbishers who would then include them with PCs
they were selling.
If that's true then I think it provides some justification. It's at least infringing on trademarks.