$8.$ The issue of pirated software is one that the software industry fights on a daily basis. The major centers of software piracy are in places like Russia and China where salaries and disposable income are comparatively low. Given that people in developing and economically depressed countries will fall behind the industrialized world technologically if they can$$t afford access to new generations of software, is it reasonable to blame someone for using pirated software when it costs two months$$ salary to buy a legal copy of MS Office? If you answered no$,$ specify at what income level it$$s okay to make or buy illegal copies of software. What approach could software companies use to combat the problem apart from punitive measures, like pressuring the government to impose sanctions on transgressors?