Canadian Anti-Piracy Laws

It's a very remote possibility that he will be tracked down and sued, especially as he is an individual. I'd give a different answer if he were a large, notable design agency.

As far as what happens if he purchases a valid license - no, they aren't going to compare IP numbers and then sue him for past use. They'll just be happy to have a new customer.

The odds are exactly zero. Lawsuits cost money. There is no economic sense in Adobe or whatever in suing your depressed online friend. Same goes for fonts, companies get sued for that sort of shit, but never people that I've heard of.

Just think about it from an economical standpoint, the company isn't some vindictive child that will get mad at you if you steal it's toys. As an individual, or an LLC making pennies or whatever your buddy has set up he's got very little to fear. You're many orders of magnitude more likely to get a "Cease and Desist" letter, though personally (doing some fermi estimation based on googling) I'd put the odds of you getting even a cease and desist at well below the odds of getting struck by lightning until you're making at least a hundred grand in yearly revenue.

>>302967

Thanks... my friend will be relieved to hear this.

>>302963

Ty...

How the hell will they find out that you used an illegitimate copy of Illustrator or font?

>>302980

OP here...

My friend says he's paranoid that they will use his registration info to search his name, see the work he has done, etc.

>>302983
I guess I'm fucked then