And, crucially, the counterfeit software cuts into Microsoft's potential profit.

而且，至关重要的是，盗版软件削弱了微软的潜在利润水平。

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To the untrained eye, the counterfeit software in Microsoft's LABS appears to be exact replicas, right down to the boxes.

在未受训者的眼里，微软实验室的盗版软件看起来就是完全的复制品，就在箱子的底下。

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The FBI said the action was an "unprecedented co-operative effort" that had seized 290,000 counterfeit software CDs.

美国联邦调查局表示，此次行动是一次“空前的合作行动”，共缴获了29万张盗版软件光碟。

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As a testament to this finding, we document the decimation of online credit-card financed counterfeit software sales due to a focused eradication effort.

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Numerous companies -- including Dell, IBM, Intel, and HP -- oppose the laws, as they see them giving Microsoft the power to not only drag them into court, but also futz with their supply chains. (There's bound to be some counterfeit software being used in Shenzhen, right?) As Microsoft's latest anti-piracy scheme unfolds, there should be plenty more legislative action to come.

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There are estimates of 50 gangs, with more than 100, 000 members, that have set up bases in China and also in Canada, the U.S. and the U.K., where they can make big money trading counterfeit DVDs, software and clothing.

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