[DanielN24]

Hey all vBulletin users.. I was wondering, what is the punishment for running/using an illegal version of vBulletin? I ask this because I run a sports forum and day after day I get new emails about like 3 vBulletin forums being open day after day... I complain about this because I paid the full price for my license and I see kids as young as 11 running vBulletin.. I ask myself, where do kids 11 years old get the kind of money to pay for a license?

Then one day I had a conversation with a person who runs vBulletin.
Here is the conversation.

Him - "Hey new forum up"
Him - "www.-------------------.com"
Me - "Wow, so many people downloading and running illegal versions of vBulletin nowadays..."
Him - "So?"
Him - "You got a problem?"
Me - "As a matter of fact I do, I paid the full $180 for my license, while people are out there downloading torrents and all this nonesense, it's wrong."
Him - ".."
Then he signs off..".... is offline, Your IM will be delivered when the buddy goes online."

I'm complaining because I find it wrong when I build up my sports forum only to see that in a week there are 10 new sports forums like mine out there.. I could be wrong about some of them being illegal but I am willing to bet my vB license that half of them are illegal...

Sorry for my rant, I have no idea where else to put this so I ask, What is the punishment for using an illegal version of vBulletin?

Also if this thread is going to be locked or closed, I would like to know if there is anybody I can email or PM about my complaints?

Thanks
Daniel