….as much as the next investigator and this is a good detective story.

On Friday I received my regular email from Rob Holmes, PI’s Knockoff Report which is a collection of news stories relating to intellectual property fraud and counterfeiting. By reviewing this report and the reports produced by the International Chamber of Commerce’s BASCAP initiative you can get a pretty good sense of trends in counterfeiting and piracy globally.

Friday’s edition of the Knockoff Report included a story relating to an investigation conducted by Holmes and his colleagues as opposed to investigations conducted by other people or policing agencies. The story was about how Activision Blizzard’s Modern Warfare 2 was comprimised prior to its official release date. Holmes and his colleagues Kris Buckner, Eric Rosaler and Jason Holmes were alerted to the incident by Activision Blizzard and their investigation began with a posting on Craigslist which led to a brand protection purchase, back to a chat room for another issue and eventually that led to some arrests.

I don’t want to spoil the story so I recommend that folks read it for themselves.

Students: In session we talk about how Internet investigations and physical investigations must compliment and support each other, this is a perfect example of how that works. Nice work gents.