has anyone here ever really been a victim of software counterfeiting. like an actual victim. as in it ended up badly for you. as in you had a bad time because your software was counterfeit
Very much so. Hardware and software.
A company I was a partner in bought a full case (144) bogus ethernet cards. They all had the same MAC address.
Friends startup Manga business got a great deal on Photoshop. It occasionally crashed in weird ways. They called support. Found out it was bogus and had a keylogger. They were able to negotiate their way out of the lawsuit by purchasing retroactive licenses. And testifying against the reseller.
Government entity I worked for bought >$1 million in bs cisco gear. Found out when they tried to register the gear with the TAC -- two weeks after installing it.
Logistics company in town got an "integrator" to build them a VMware virtualization stack and migrate everything over. The version of VMware Tools installed had a coinminer. The license was an educational license.
They decided to fight the lawsuit, ended up settling for an undisclosed amount plus hiring VMware certified partner to rebuild the environment.
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