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Re:Ask HN: We found a cracked version of our software on the... by KomoD on Friday January 13, 2023 @01:15PM (#34371646)
How would you send them a warning, you'd know nothing other than an IP address? If you just send the ISP a regular ol' "copyright" notice, there's a lot of ISPs who do not forward those notices.

And if you made cracked copies phone home, that's something that would get removed by the cracker anyway most of the time.

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Re:Ask HN: We found a cracked version of our software on the... by fest on Friday January 13, 2023 @04:00PM (#34373819)
In my country, there is a branch of police that deals with such things. They have a relationship with an organization called Business Software Alliance, which I believe is formed with this specific goal- to allow foreign companies or their local distributors reach pirate users. However, I'm only aware of the major software companies being members of this org: Microsoft, Adobe, Dassault (Solidworks), Siemens.
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