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p2pnet.net News:- The music, movie and software cartels claim
so-called 'piracy' is a Number One problem not only for themselves, but
for the world as a whole. So successful are their continuing dis- and misinformation
propaganda campaigns that they've been able to use them to dragoon
entire governments and police forces into acting as industry enforcers. However, the cartels are also frequently accused of fabricating statistics upon which they base their claims and according to the Havocscope global index
of illicit markets, far from being at the top of the pile, movie and
music piracy are way, way down the list, ranking 16th and 20th,
respectively. And even those positions are
highly questionable given that in both instances, to reach them,
Havocscope relies on statistics tainted more than somewhat by the
industries concerned. The movie industry figures
are, for instance, based on, "a study released by the Motion Picture
Association of America (MPAA)," bolstered by further stats from the
Institute for Policy Innovation which, starting from an MPAA $6.1
billion claim, says the, "total impact of movie piracy in terms of lost
jobs and tax revenue costs the US economy $20.5 billion". But the latter numbers were also put together with, "some funding from NBC Universal and the MPAA," says The Washington Post. And guess where the music statistics come from? The IFPI (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry), owned by EMI, Warner Music, EMI and Vivendi Unversal, the members of the multi-billion-dollar Big Four Organized Music family who singly and collectively claim they're being "devastated" by their own customers who are, they scream, 'criminals' and 'thieves'. 'Pirated' web videos come in at #5 in Havocscope list, but even the figures which put them at the number five spot are, to be kind, considerably less than convincing. "The exact figure of piracy on web video sites is difficult to determine," Havocscope admits, going on: "However,
there has been a few reported numbers regarding the issue of copyright
violations. The Hollywood Reporter has reported that media and
entertainment companies loss an estimated $60 billion due to the
uploading and downloading of copyrighted videos on the web. "A
news report in the New York Post regarding YouTube stated industry
officials believe 'roughly 90 percent of the content viewed on its site
violates copyright laws'. "Revver, a web
video company that shares its advertising revenue with its users,
stated that when it first started accepting videos, 80 percent of its
submissions was in violation of copyright laws. In recent months, the
level has dropped to 20 percent. "In
addition, Universal Music Group CEO Doug Morris stated at an investors
conference that 'We believe these news businesses are copyright
infringes and owe us tens of millions of dollars'." (Thanks, Echo Resistance) Source: p2pnet.net Add this page to your favorite Social Bookmarking websites          Add your comment
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