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Originally Posted by L-Pink
Copyright infringement/piracy costs the U.S. economy $58.0 billion in total output and costs American workers 373,375 jobs*
I wonder how Hollywood feels about this?
*These figures taken from Institute for Policy Innovation.
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the problem is that "piracy" as defined by the IPI includes a lot of fair use (like downloading a tv show you paid for but misplaced/missed)
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These limitations on copyright, referred to as ?fair use,? enable industries that add $2.2 trillion in value to the U.S. economy, 16.6 percent - or about one-sixth - of total U.S. current dollar GDP.
With more than $4.5 trillion in total revenue generated by fair use dependent industries in 2006, this "fair use economy" is directly responsible for more than 18% of U.S. economic growth and nearly 11 million American jobs. In fact, nearly 1 out of every 8 American jobs is in an industry that benefits from current limitations on copyright.
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defendfairuse.org
The report is available
here.
basically give the mpaa/etc the level of protection they want and you sacrifice 2.2 trillion dollars in currently legal income to gain 58 billion.
You put 11 million people out of work to save 373,375.
I hope this helps you understand why i am such a strong supporter of fair use
