The police of Fuzhou city recently solved a large-scale piracy case involving illegal software worth more than 280 million yuan ($45.2 million) in potential retail value. The four suspects in the case have been decoding many types of world-renowned industrial control software since 2007. They made pirated copies in Fuzhou and sold them nationwide at prices that ranged from 1,000 to 2,000 yuan. The genuine software sells for as high as 100,000 yuan. The suspects earned illegal income totaling around 800,000 yuan.

(Source: China Daily)