Then they go to your ISP to find out who owns that particular ip, or who logged onto the net with that particular ip at the time the gun was sold.

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At some point early on in the development cycle, Microsoft split from its partnership with PrimeSense, the company that provided the IP for the first Kinect, in order to go it alone.

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After deciding not to use any DRM to protect their IP, the developer instead hired a law firm to go after individual pirates directly.

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