Another difference is that music was being widely pirated before Apple made legal downloading attractive.
Many pirated DVDs sold on the streets of major cities, for example, are incredibly poor.
As Kinshasa's studios began closing in the 1980s, pirated tapes and records flooded the market.
In 1991, 1.5m pirated Congolese cassettes were seized in nearby Togo in a single bust.
Poor music digitization has bothered Iovine since 1999 when people started swapping pirated MP3 files online.
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Today pirated music downloaded from the Web ravages corporate profits in the music industry.
"I'm not a noble man, " the photographer said of his viewing of pirated movies.
The US authorities say the 24-year-old's TVShack website hosted links to pirated films and TV programmes.
While few foreign films were shown in cinemas, pirated copies sold freely on the streets.
The MPAA spokesman said many apps that pirated content were malicious in other ways.
The pirated version is around four times cheaper than the original, and looks a little different.
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There is of course a vibrant grey market, with decent sales of pirated games.
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The release delay provided opportunities for pirated goods manufacturers to sell falsified Apple smartphones.
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It is also pushing for stricter rules on what happens to pirated material which is seized.
Another 4 million copies were pirated, making it the most pirated game of 2011.
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Arguments about the poor quality of pirated cassette tapes no longer hold with digital products.
It's not right when another country lets our movies, music and software be pirated.
Microsoft is targeting video gamers playing pirated copies of its forthcoming title Halo 4.
Megaupload, on the other hand, said it was diligent in responding to complaints about pirated material.
While few foreign films were shown in cinemas, pirated copies were sold freely on the streets.
Google began censoring links to other pirated material in its instant and auto-complete tools last year.
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Even more galling: The manufacturer of the pirated version was partially owned by GM's Chinese business partner.
By the 1770s, Newbery's groundbreaking books were in circulation in the colonies in both imported and pirated editions.
According to the Business Software Alliance, more than one-third of all PC software in use is pirated.
Indeed, this is how pirated copies of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace and The Matrix got online.
On a daily basis, there are 1.5 to 3 million searches on Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) for pirated e-books.
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By making the notices available, Google is unintentionally highlighting the location of allegedly pirated material, say some experts.
Sadly, the console never took off due to its poor marketing and inconvenience, and pirated games eventually appeared.
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In phase one, all popular Internet music formats will be supported, including the controversial, easily pirated MP3 format.
The RIAA sued Napster claiming the service allows people to breach copyright and swap pirated MP3 music files.
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