11.   Ordinarily, international copyright violations involve foreign companies that simply steal a book and publish pirated copies without paying royalties.

12.   Pirated copies are often made by having a moviegoer in the United States film the movie with high-quality equipment.

13.   Pirated copies of the Rachmaninoff have circulated among pianophiles for years.

14.   The company is also investigating a claim by a Chinese author, Zhang Kangkang, who complained Wal-Mart was selling pirated copies of his book.

15.   The company estimates that one of five software programs being used in Georgia is a pirated copy.

16.   The newly-released hardback version clearly states that Iron Mountain is a satire, but most pirated copies offer no such explanation.

17.   This is because these drivers were blasting early pirated copies of the album, which was scheduled to be released next week.

18.   Three months ago, Kantor issued a less specific, public threat of sanctions against China in hopes that Beijing would act against the factories making the pirated copies.

19.   Today is the official unveiling of the software, though pirated copies have been sold illegally.

20.   When Microsoft held a Windows Expo in Moscow last year to tell Russian programmers about the software, it found that some of them already possessed pirated copies.