For instance, The New York Times of January 14, 2000, reported that “German and Danish police officers arrested members of what they described as a major software - piracy gang ” that was duplicating and distributing computer programs and games, even selling some over the Internet.
बहुत - से देशों की सरकारें कॉपीराइट की समर्थक हैं, और वे कंप्यूटर प्रोग्राम जैसी “प्रज्ञात्मक संपत्ति (इंटलेकचुएल प्रॉपर्टी) ” की रक्षा करती हैं ।