Pirated People Software Black Programs Dealing Market United

Pirated products are surprisingly "prevalent" (common) in the United States. Many Americans do not want to pay the "full price" (100% of the cost of buying something), so they "turn to" (go to and begin using) pirated goods.

The most common pirated goods in the United States are probably software and DVDs. Original software programs can be "quite" (very) expensive, so people try to copy the programs that their friends and family members have bought. People who are able to do this can sell the pirated software programs on the black market. Software companies spend a lot of time and money trying to stop people from doing this. They have written "code" (instructions for a computer program) that makes it difficult to copy programs, but people still "find a way around this" (are able to do it anyway).

Pirated DVDs are also very common, even though all movies begin with a "warning" (a statement letting people know that something bad will happen) that people can be "fined" (charged an amount of money) or "imprisoned" (put in jail) for copying movies without permission.

Large U.S. cities like New York City, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles also have many "designer" (expensive brand name) "knockoffs," which is another term for pirated or counterfeit goods. Expensive purses and "wallets" (folded pieces of leather with many pockets for holding one's money, identification, and credit cards), such as those of Gucci, are often knocked off and sold on the street. Sometimes these knockoffs look very similar to the originals, but they cost much less.