Software piracy is the unauthorized duplication of computer software.
Although most computer users today are aware that unauthorized use and duplication of software is illegal, many show a general disregard for the importance of treating software as valuable intellectual property. For example, sharing software with friends, co-workers and others. Specific legal authority for the procedural tools and remedies needed by private parties and government to enforce intellectual property rights in computer software, such as ex parte searches and seizures of allegedly infringing goods and items of manufacture, temporary restraining orders, preliminary and final injunctions and monetary recovery. Prosecuting selected high-profile criminal software infringers, including manufacturers and end users, and taking steps to close software pirate bazaars openly selling illegally copied software. The lists inform the administration of nations considered priority targets for future or on-going trade negotiations or possible trade sanctions.