Sold home-burned DVDs out of his PC shop

Apple has teamed up with Rosetta Stone, Autodesk and Adobe to file a civil action against a south Florida man they claim is selling pirated copies of software from them and other companies. The lawsuit against Edy Jean Dollisme of Coral Springs and his website ultimatepcrepairs.webs.com alleges that Dollisme sold home-burned CDs and DVDs of software on Craigslist and through the "Ultimate PC Repairs" website, reports AppleInsider.

The lawsuit was filed in US District Court in Connecticut -- due to the law firm representing the joined companies, Roche Pia LLC of Shelton, CT -- on February 3rd. The firms charge that Dollisme used various seller identities on Craigslist to advertise a lengthy list of Apple and Windows titles found on the "Ultimate PC Repairs" website. Though prices are not listed on the website, the page mentions that "many more" titles are available upon request, and payment can be made via PayPal. One commenter who claimed to have investigated Dollisme earlier said he was offering the Adobe CS suite for $99, less than one-tenth of the usual selling price.

Among the Apple titles on offer were iLife, iWork, Snow Leopard and Final Cut Pro. Also offered were numerous Adobe titles and titles from the other plaintiffs, along with other companies' software for either Mac or Windows such as Pro Tools, Quicken, Parallels and Microsoft Office 2008. So far, only the four companies are parties of the lawsuit, but others could join in.

"Notably, some or all of the infringing copies distributed by Defendant were in the form of burned (i.e., 'homemade') DVD+R and CD-R media, with the titles handwritten in marker," the complaint contends. The companies are hoping to have the site shut down and for damages levied against Dollisme. [via AppleInsider]

by MacNN Staff