US lost $2.1 billion in 2006 due to copyright piracy in Russia

Posted on April 27, 2008
Filed Under Europe, United States, counterfeit and piracy |

The United States copyright industries has estimated that they have lost in excess of $2.1 billion in 2006 due to copyright piracy in Russia.

Source: Office of United States Trade Representative, “2007 Special 301 Report,” April 30, 2007, pg. 23.

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