Q: Piracy
I have found out the IP addresses of people who have pirated Final Cut Studio, like the one below:
24.2.165.215
To fine/penalize these people, do I call the police or Apple?
MacBook (Late 2006, Black), Mac OS X (10.6.6), N/A
Posted on Jun 10, 2011 11:57 AM
http://www.apple.com/legal/trademark/piracy.html
Software Piracy
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Posted on Jun 10, 2011 12:24 PM