400 billion counterfeit cigarettes produced in China each year
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
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
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
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
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.”
The New York Times reports on the lack of knowledge by French politicians regarding peer-to-peer technology.
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
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
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
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
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 |
