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Originally Posted by Paul Markham
Damian will be in any minute now to tell us this is all a waste of time and wrong. LOL
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Show me evidence that in the last 10 years of the MPAA doing this piracy has decreased?
God you just don't get it at all.
How about this:
Last week the MPAA[1] released their “Theatrical Market Statistics” for 2010. The report shows the disturbing effect that piracy is having on the film production and distribution industries. According to the official figures, global box office takings in 2010 were a mere $31.8 billion (around £19.7bn). While this figure may look impressive, it was a mere 6% increase on 2009 (25% increase since 2006). This compares with estimated growth of around 1.7% in the UK and 2.9% in the US for 2010.[2]
It would seem that despite the ongoing financial crisis and the ever-increasing levels of piracy, the film industry (as a whole) is still doing remarkably well. Of course, it could be that what we are seeing here are the fruits of the MPAA’s aggressive anti-piracy campaigns in the US and Europe (encouraged by their colleagues in the RIAA, IFPI and so on). Unfortunately, the data would seem to disagree on this; the US/Canada box office remained constant in 2010 (at $10.6bn, compared with a 10% increase in 2009, but no change in 2008), and the figures for EMEA[3] increased by merely 5%. However, the picture is far better elsewhere; with a 21% increase in the “Asia Pacific” region, and 25% in Latin America. As far as I know, these regions are not bastions of respect for copyright. Could it be that piracy is not having a significant effect on box office sales after all?
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