Producers of Computer Software Are Plagued with the Problem of "Pirating

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Producers of computer software are plagued with the problem of "pirating," that is, many people copy software legally purchased by others.The industry estimates that for each legal copy of a program, there are two pirated copies in use.The industry wants strict laws for the enforcement of its "intellectual property rights," but enforcement is obviously very difficult.Economists call this problem

• A)depletability.
• B)externality.
• C)durability.
• D)nonexcludability.

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