Chinese government has implemented many laws to fight software piracy.

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Microsoft ( MSFT - news - people ), which so rarely plays David, recently complained that rampant software piracy in China wasn't just for Chinese individuals earning a few thousand dollars a year.

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The Chinese government is also a major purchaser of licensed software in a country where piracy is rampant.

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Published in Mandarin, Up Against the Wind: Microsoft, IBM and Me criticized the hard line the company took on piracy and its refusal to lower software prices to take into account the poverty of the average Chinese.

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