College campuses responsible for 15 percent of movie piracy

College campuses are responsible for 15 percent of piracy. The MPAA previously reported in error that college students were responsible for 44 percent of piracy.
Source: AP, “MPAA Admits Mistake on Downloading Study,” Yahoo News, January 22, 2008.

60 percent of p2p downloads was porn

According to market research firm NPD Group, in the third quarter of 2006, nearly 60 percent of video files downloaded from P2P sites were adult-film content, 20 percent were TV shows, and 5 percent was mainstream movie content.
Source: NPD Group, “The NPD Group: Peer-to-Peer Digital Video Downloading Outpacing Legal Alternatives Five to One,” Press Release, [...]

Los Angeles loses $2.7 billion to piracy

Source: Richard Verrier, ” Piracy robs L.A. economy, study says,” Los Angeles Times, February 16, 2007.

New York City loses $1.5 billion to piracy

Source:  Associated Press, ” NYC Makes Film Piracy a Misdemeanor,” Houston Chronicle, May 1, 2007.

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