A. KNOWLEDGE B. NEWS C. INFORMATION D. IMAGESMANY PEOPLE BUY AND U...

45. A. knowledge B. news C. information D. imagesMany people buy and use copied programs for the computer. This illegal copying of computer softwarehas become a huge industry because the software is much cheaper than the original programs. Illegalsoftware can be found on sale in any part of the world although it is more rapidly available in Asian thanin Western countries. Software manufacturers have been trying to get governments to stop this copying or“pirating”. In an attempt to get grid of “software pirates”, police have seized software form stores andfined the owners. This has been partially successful, but manufacturers are still losing a lot of money. Byusing this kind of software, computer owners risk damaging their computer. Illegally copied software cancarry computer viruses which could wipe out information stored on the computer’s hard driver.