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01-01-2008 12:36 AM |
Copyright infringement/piracy costs the U.S. economy $58.0 billion in total output and costs American workers 373,375 jobs*
US Industries have moved their factories overseas. US Businesses have outsourced hundreds of thousands of jobs. The global economy is definitely here. However to participate in this economy countries need to be held accountable. They need to enforce their own as well as international laws or face boycotts from all.
The failure to protect these rights costs the US billions it desperately needs. What some countries cost American music, film, porn, software, etc, companies is inexcusable. What we have to offer in the form of international trade is being stolen not traded for.
Only the economically naive fail to grasp the fact that intellectual property and economic growth are big keys to our standard of living, our future.
*These figures taken from Institute for Policy Innovation.
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