21.   More effective would be harsh penalties on factories and transnational smuggling networks that produce and distribute fake software, DVDs, and fashion items.

22.   Most on-line vendors expect the software and credit card companies to distribute the software free to on-line shoppers.

23.   Netscape said that it would also distribute software programming tools to allow corporate customers to create their own content for delivery to Netcaster using internal intranets.

24.   MSN Music is also an attempt to head off competition from RealNetworks, which distributes software for listening to music and watching videos.

25.   Next Skok moved to England, where he established a European presence for Corporate Software, a US company that distributed personal computer software.

26.   Once it is finished, he intends to distribute the software free over the Internet.

27.   Separately, Stream is expected to announce that it will begin selling and distributing software over the Internet.

28.   Security experts said they were astounded that both companies had distributed software containing a well-known type of program-design error.

29.   So far, neither flaw has led to any reports of damage, and all three companies are distributing free software that will fix their problems.

30.   The access software could be shipped on a separate floppy disk, just as the other on-line services distribute their software.