In the first six months of this year, Paul Fornier, the BSA's manager of Internet investigations, sent more than 2 million "takedown" notices to Internet service providers. The notices ask the ISPs pull the plug on auctions, peer-to-peer networks and Web sites that sell or distribute illegal software.rnUsing proprietary software tools, Fornier and other investigators monitor online auction sites like eBay and software trading sites such as iOffer.com to spot activity involving counterfeit software.
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