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Sanchez Romero told reporters that six out of every 10 software programs sold in Mexico are illegal copies, twice the rate of piracy found in developed nations, such as the United States.The Microsoft executive acknowledged it was extremely hard to fight piracy because of the huge differences in price between original copies and illegal versions. http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-1902393.html - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Keeping a lock on intellectual property When Robert L. Johnson, president and founder of Vermont-based Omega Optical Inc., asked his hourly employees to sign noncompetition and nondisclosure agreements nine years ago, few firms were requesting lower-level employees to sign such covenants.At the time, most companies reserved those contracts for top executives who were privy to the kind of confidential or proprietary information that, if revealed, could cost a firm its competitive edge.http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/140/business/Keeping a lock on intellectual property+.shtml - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Fake IDs Flourish on Internet Alarmed at the availability of highly sophisticated fake identification on the Internet, Sen.