quote:A presumed pirate with an unusually large appetite for activating Windows 7 has incurred the wrath of Microsoft. In a lawsuit filed at a Washington court, the Seattle-based company said that it logged hundreds of suspicious product activations from a Verizon IP address and is now seeking damages.
In a lawsuit filed this week at a district court in Seattle, Microsoft targets individuals behind a single Verizon IP address 74.111.202.30. Who he, she or they are is unknown at this point, but according to Microsoft theyre responsible for some serious Windows pirating.
As part of its cyberforensic methods, Microsoft analyzes product key activation data voluntarily provided by users when they activate Microsoft software, including the IP address from which a given product key is activated, the lawsuit reads.
Microsoft says that its forensic tools allow the company to analyze billions of activations of Microsoft software and identify patterns that make it more likely than not that an IP address associated with activations is one through which pirated software is being activated.
Microsofts cyberforensics have identified hundreds of product key activations
originating from IP address 74.111.202.30
which is presently assigned to
Verizon Online LLC. These activations have characteristics that on information and belief, establish that Defendants are using the IP address to activate pirated software.
Microsoft says that the defendant(s) have activated hundreds of copies of Windows 7 using product keys that have been stolen from the companys supply chain or have never been issued with a valid license, or keys used more times than their license allows.
static-74-111-202-30.lsanca.fios.verizon.net [74.111.202.30]
A business FIOS account from the static designtion? Which one of you was it? ;)
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