Microsoft itself faces daunting challenges in China, not least rampant piracy.
Plagued by civil war, grinding poverty and rampant piracy, Somalia will be the world's worst in 2010.
That, plus China's rampant piracy, is why knowledge-based industries such as software love India but shun the Middle Kingdom.
Worldwide, films get about half their revenues from DVD sales, a market which in Mexico is eaten away by rampant piracy.
Playing live has re-emerged as the way to make money from pop as falling sales, rampant piracy and digital distribution have slashed revenues from recorded music.
