I want to be compensated for the loss of my business. Believe me, when your name is tagged to something like that in a small place like this, it's gone. No one from Microsoft Canada was available for comment on Thursday, although in the past the company has used the BrenLor case as an example of its anti-piracy efforts. Jacquie Famulak, a director of the Canadian Alliance Against Software Theft, an industry watchdog, said prosecution of piracy cases is critical to stopping the rampant counterfeiting of computer software. But she acknowledges cases like BrenLor show how difficult it can be to actually prove piracy.
Most software companies have different ways of protecting software.
Counterfeiters have gone as far as duplicating the hologram. So it's very difficult to know.