Microsoft has filed a suit in Washington State against not a man however a Verizon IP address — which supposedly has activated hundreds of pirated copies of Windows 7.
The suit targets the anonymous defendant of the action that is prohibited, according to documents filed in court, and seeks statutory or actual damages originating from the piracy.
The measures were identified by the firm via an IP address.

Microsoft’s court documents say never, or that the activation keys for Windows 7 were perhaps stolen from its supply chain formally licensed, or have been used multiple times.
The Verizon IP address in the middle of the legal action, 74.111.202.30, was examined and logged by Microsoft for activating numerous product keys. According to IP Place, the IP address can be found in Los Angeles while WhatIsMyIPAddress says it’s in Temecula.
Microsoft says the volume and pattern of activations, promised to be in the hundreds, reveals that thieving came from a “commercial entity” that’s been distributing pirated software.
“As part of its cyberforensic systems, Microsoft assesses product key activation information voluntarily provided by users when they activate Microsoft applications, for example, IP address from which a specified product key is activated. The IP addresses don’t supply Microsoft with the identity of any people activating the applications,” a Microsoft representative told Digital Trends.