Software – The Hard Way
Infiltrating a Hyderabad piracy operation running 30 systems on unlicensed VFX software — and pulling off the enforcement with élan.
"Software Piracy is perhaps the most damage-inflicting form of Infringement of its time. The amount of time and money invested in developing code can be lost within seconds."
One of the expensive software tools used for VFX and Animation had become a target for software piracy in the post-production industry. One such instance was brought to the attention of InstaQuest by the Software Company — there was an entity operating from a residential apartment in Hyderabad, India. Our job was to identify the location, enter the premises, and visually verify the usage of the software.
Team InstaQuest laid out a plan and contacted the entity under the pretext of a production house looking for post-production services at a cheaper cost. We managed to gain trust and entry — and identified around 30 systems using the software. The Software publisher confirmed that they were all pirated copies, as the target entity did not have a single license purchased from them.
Eventually, based on the investigation by InstaQuest, an enforcement was conducted on the entity and the systems using pirated software were confiscated.
30 systems running unlicensed VFX software identified, enforcement conducted, all systems confiscated.
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