400 billion counterfeit cigarettes produced in China each year

June 30, 2009 · Posted in Asia, Counterfeit and Piracy · Comment 

Up to 400 billion counterfeit cigarettes are produced in China each year.  In addition, 99 percent of the counterfeit cigarettes found in the United States comes from China.

Source:  Te-Pin Chen, “China’s Marlboro Country,” Slate, June 29, 2009.

Nollywood loses up to 50 percent of profits to piracy

June 25, 2009 · Posted in Africa, Counterfeit and Piracy · Comment 

Nigeria’s film industry, the second largest in the world after India, loses up to 50 percent of its profits to movie piracy.

Source:  Mairi Mackay, “Nollywood loses half of film profits to piracy, say producers,” CNN, June 25, 2009.

South Korea Counterfeit Seizures

June 25, 2009 · Posted in Asia, Counterfeit and Piracy · Comment 

In 2008, 746 cases of counterfeit goods imports and exports were reported by the Korea Customs Service.  In 2001, the Service reported 323 cases.

Source:  Jane Han, “Fake vs. Real: Lowdown on Counterfeit Fashion,” Korea Times, June 24, 2009.

Eight percent of consumers in UK admit to downloading video

June 22, 2009 · Posted in Counterfeit and Piracy, Europe · Comment 

Eight percent of consumers in Britain admit to illegally downloading video content from the Internet.

Source: Retuers, “Eight percent admit to downloading video illegally,” Guardian, June 19, 2009.

95 percent of music tracks online are pirated

June 16, 2009 · Posted in Counterfeit and Piracy · Comment 

The music industry estimates that up to 95 percent of all music tracks online are pirated.

Source: Eric Pfanner, “Universal Music and Virgin Reach a Download Deal,” New York Times, June 15, 2009.

“I speak French. Excuse me.”

June 15, 2009 · Posted in Counterfeit and Piracy, Europe · 1 Comment 

The New York Times reports on the lack of knowledge by French politicians regarding peer-to-peer technology.

From the NY Times:

In a video shot for an online news site, French legislators were asked whether they were familiar with peer-to-peer file-sharing technology. “No,” one lawmaker responded, rolling his eyes. “I speak French. Excuse me.”

Internet piracy costs United Kingdom $300 million a year

June 15, 2009 · Posted in Counterfeit and Piracy, Europe · Comment 

Technology analysts Jupiter Research states that internet piracy costs the United Kingdom $300 million a year.

Source:  Adam Taylor, “Europe Stumbling in Efforts to Battle Internet Piracy,” Time, June 13, 2009.

2008 Music Piracy losses by Country

June 10, 2009 · Posted in Counterfeit and Piracy · 2 Comments 

Below is the most recent figures regarding losses due to music piracy by country.  The figures are from the International Intellectual Property Alliance.

Country

Losses

1

China

564 Million

2

Mexico

419.7 Million

3

Italy

350 Million

4

Russia

313 Million

5

Brazil

117.1 Million

6

Philippines

117 Million

7

Poland

100 Million

8

Argentina

75.1 Million

9

Peru

57.2 Million

10

Nigeria

55 Million

11

India

36.2 Million

12

Ukraine

35 Million

13

Malaysia

26.2 Million

14

Pakistan

25 Million

14

Saudi Arabia

25 Million

16

Turkey

22 Million

17

Thailand

21.7 Million

18

Chile

21 Million

19

Hungary

20 Million

19

Indonesia

20 Million

21

Egypt

15 Million

22

Costa Rica

14.8 Million

23

Spain

13.4 Million

24

Romania

10 Million

24

Kuwait

10 Million

26

Dominican Republic

9.9 Million

27

Taiwan

4.4 Million

28

Lebanon

3 Million

58 billion lost to US economy due to copyright piracy

June 10, 2009 · Posted in Counterfeit and Piracy · Comment 

At the World Copyright Summit in Washington, D.C., US Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) stated that piracy of movies, music, software and video games costs the US economy $58 billion a yer.

Source:  AFP, “Calls for united action at World Copyright Summit,” Google News, June 9, 2009.

2008 Book Piracy losses by Country

June 9, 2009 · Posted in Counterfeit and Piracy · Comment 

Below is the estimated losses faced by each country.  The figures are the most recent provided by the International Intellectual Property Alliance.

Country

Losses

1

Pakistan

55 Million

2

China

52 Million

3

Philippines

49 Million

4

South Korea

44 Million

5

Russia

42 Million

6

Mexico

41 Million

7

India

38 Million

8

Thailand

35 Million

9

Indonesia

32 Million

10

Turkey

23 Million

11

Italy

20 Million

12

Brazil

18 Million

13

Vietnam

17 Million

14

Taiwan

16 Million

15

Malaysia

9 Million

16

Hong Kong

4 Million

17

Singapore

2 Million

18

Dominican Republic

1 Million

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