Software piracy exists because it has a market. Original software does indeed not come cheap: most games programs cost around NT $ 1000; the most popular operating system, Windows 95, costs NT $ 7000; and animation programs, which have grown popular with the rise of the Internet, cost around NT $ 30,000.
盜版因為有需求而存在，從市價來看，軟體價格確實也不便宜。一般的遊戲軟體上千元；應用程式佔有率第一的「視窗九五」，市價七千；網路盛行後，能製作動畫的繪圖軟體約要三萬元。