Windows and Office continue to be impacted by software piracy, but at the same time, Microsoft goes on with its fight against those who illegally activate its products, and the company has this time tracked down someone who did this with no less than 1,000 copies of the operating system and the productivity suite.
Before you call this pirate “stupid,” there’s something you should have in mind: the chances are that the one involved in this case is a retailer that sells Windows PCs and thus activates them with licenses which according to Microsoft were stolen from its supply chain.
Individuals rarely activate so many licenses, so they’re not brought into Microsoft’s crosshair, but whenever someone pirates a thousands of copies of Windows and Office, that’s something that the company needs to take care of.
Windows Vista, 7 and 8 got cracked
In lawsuits filled with a Seattle court, Microsoft explains that impacted software includes Windows 7, Vista, and 8, as well as Office 2010 and 2013. The company has already managed to track down the pirate’s IP and is now asking the judge for authorization to find its identity and make him pay for what he did.
