1.   Kruger said the figure reflects the price of the pirated programs, along with cost of legal fees and outside consultants incurred by BSA.

2.   Pirated programs are more likely to have viruses and flaws than legal software, and customer support services are not available.

3.   He said the alliance would take legal action against firms that use pirated programs.

4.   In order to turn a profit, some of those networks have resorted to illegally airing pornography or pirated programs.

5.   After paying up front, they received the pirated program by post.