>For pirate copying a mass product it may be _way_ cheaper to buy a $10K
>programmer than to reverse engineer the software. I don't think the CD
>copying machines used in China are much cheaper than $10K.

In matter of fact the CDs are injection molded not copied as the CDRs and
the CD production line may cost about $500K, but will produce millions of CD
per month so it pays-off very quick.

Best regards
Tsvetan
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