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As if the U.S. economy doesn’t have enough to contend with: American businesses are facing competitors in China and other emerging markets that are illegally cutting overhead costs by stealing the software they need to design and manufacture products, run offices and do business in the global marketplace.
 
This widespread software piracy is not a trifling matter. The direct, commercial value of stolen software tools for personal computers came to $59 billion globally in 2010, according to newly released figures from the Business Software Alliance. The indirect costs are greater. Enterprise software theft undercuts legitimate business activity and imperils job creation in every sector of the economy.

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