21.   The pirated software soon reaches distributors who find a ready market, the officials said.

22.   The software industry should also benefit because of new intellectual property rights protections that will crack down on pirated software.

23.   Their interest was selling pirated software.

24.   Throughout the world of the Internet, people who would never think of stealing a cell phone or a camera find it easy to justify downloading pirated software.

25.   To deflect such criticism, China said earlier this month that it will make a special effort to discourage government officials from using pirated software.

26.   Today, street-side shops are packed with a wide array of pirated software.

27.   Users of the Gnutella network are sharing pornography, pirated software and huge video files, including troves of complete television shows and movies.

28.   Overall, about half of all government computers used pirated software.

29.   Pirated software is common here, where computer outlets often give away software to promote sales.

30.   A crackdown on pirated software by local authorities is sending the trade underground.