Bazaar software
PIRATES have long plied their trade in Hong Kong. Nowadays, although a few container ships still face their predations, many of the buccaneers have moved ashore, smuggling stolen Mercedes-Benz cars and such-like into China. But the most dramatic diversification has been into computer software. To the growing alarm of the world's software firms, an enormous and sophisticated business in pirated programs is now flourishing in the territory.
This article appeared in the Business section of the print edition under the headline “Bazaar software”
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