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Software piracy adds to the costs of doing business for software companies. Piracy costs billions of dollars in lost productivity and drains enormous resources away from research & development. A 1999 study reported that piracy costs over 100,000 jobs in the U.S. alone. In addition, pirated software lacks any warranty coverage, and users cannot obtain technical support.
