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4 results foundAuthor: Karaganis, Joe, ed. Title: Music Piracy in Emerging Economies Summary: Media Piracy in Emerging Economies is the first independent, large-scale study of music, film and software piracy in emerging economies, with a focus on Brazil, India, Russia, South Africa, Mexico and Bolivia. Based on three years of work by some thirty-five researchers, Media Piracy in Emerging Economies tells two overarching stories: one tracing the explosive growth of piracy as digital technologies became cheap and ubiquitous around the world, and another following the growth of industry lobbies that have reshaped laws and law enforcement around copyright protection. The report argues that these efforts have largely failed, and that the problem of piracy is better conceived as a failure of affordable access to media in legal markets. Major Findings ■Prices are too high. High prices for media goods, low incomes, and cheap digital technologies are the main ingredients of global media piracy. Relative to local incomes in Brazil, Russia, or South Africa, the retail price of a CD, DVD, or copy of MS Office is five to ten times higher than in the US or Europe. Legal media markets are correspondingly tiny and underdeveloped. ■ Competition is good. The chief predictor of low prices in legal media markets is the presence of strong domestic companies that compete for local audiences and consumers. In the developing world, where global film, music, and software companies dominate the market, such conditions are largely absent. ■ Antipiracy education has failed. The authors find no significant stigma attached to piracy in any of the countries examined. Rather, piracy is part of the daily media practices of large and growing portions of the population. ■ Changing the law is easy. Changing the practice is hard. Industry lobbies have been very successful at changing laws to criminalize these practices, but largely unsuccessful at getting governments to apply them. There is, the authors argue, no realistic way to reconcile mass enforcement and due process, especially in countries with severely overburdened legal systems. ■ Criminals can’t compete with free. The study finds no systematic links between media piracy and organized crime or terrorism in any of the countries examined. Today, commercial pirates and transnational smugglers face the same dilemma as the legal industry: how to compete with free. ■ Enforcement hasn’t worked. After a decade of ramped up enforcement, the authors can find no impact on the overall supply of pirated goods. Details: Washington, DC: Social Science Research Council, 2011. 425p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed April 7, 2011 at: http://piracy.ssrc.org/the-report/ Year: 2011 Country: International URL: http://piracy.ssrc.org/the-report/ Shelf Number: 121274 Keywords: Computer CrimesIntellectual PropertyMusic Trade, Corrupt PracticesPiracy (Copyright) |
Author: U.S. Chamber of Commerce Title: What are Counterfeiting and Piracy Costing the American Economy Summary: Counterfeiting and piracy are costing the U.S. public billions of dollars every year. But the problem is more insidious than that. It damages investment and innovation; has potentially devastating economic consequences for small businesses; puts a severe strain on law enforcement agencies; nearly always escapes taxation; threatens public health and safety; diverts government resources from other priorities; and has links to terrorism and organized crime. Counterfeiting and piracy, once viewed as “victimless” crimes mainly consisting of selling cheap knockoff sunglasses and watches, have mushroomed in recent years to endanger every product that is created. From dangerous substandard replacement parts for airplane engines to ineffective pharmaceuticals to illegally copied compact discs manufactured by the millions in clandestine factories around the world, sales of counterfeit and pirated goods are skyrocketing. Profits from these illicit sales are being funneled worldwide into the pockets of everyone, from groups associated with known terrorists to organized crime elements. The problem of counterfeiting and piracy goes beyond the manufacture, distribution, and sale of cheap, unauthorized goods. It threatens our national security, lessens the value of legitimate brand names, and erodes the profits of nearly every business in America. Details: Washington, DC: National Chamber Foundation, 2005. 23p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed February 13, 2012 at: http://www.fnal.gov/directorate/OQBP/sci/sci_reference_docs/SCI%20Costs%20to%20Economy%20uschamber.pdf Year: 2005 Country: United States URL: http://www.fnal.gov/directorate/OQBP/sci/sci_reference_docs/SCI%20Costs%20to%20Economy%20uschamber.pdf Shelf Number: 124114 Keywords: Counterfeit Goods (U.S.)CounterfeitingPiracy (Copyright)Theft of Intellectural Property |
Author: Content First, LLC Title: Counterfeiting and Piracy in Brazil: The Economic Impact Summary: This report, commissioned by the Brazil-U.S. Business Council, reviews the economic costs of counterfeit and pirated goods for the Brazilian economy. Copies of software, compact discs, medicines, mobile phones, food and drink, car parts, tobacco products, and imitation designer fashions are sold every day in the huge Brazilian market of nearly 180 million consumers. New technology means that more goods than ever are vulnerable to copying. Counterfeiting and piracy hurt not only companies doing business in Brazil, but in turn, all Brazilians. Major industries, such as software and music, lose more than half of their sales to these illegal activities. Consequently, there are fewer jobs for Brazilians, the government collects less tax revenue, Brazilian consumers must pay higher prices for inferior products, and counterfeited products endanger the health and safety of consumers. Measuring the full economic impact of counterfeiting and piracy is hard because these activities are clandestine. Even the Brazilian government lacks official data on the economic damages caused by the sales of counterfeit or pirated goods. Despite these limitations, a review of the best available industry estimates indicates that at least $1.6 billion in sales are lost every year to counterfeiting and piracy. The copyright industry alone estimates yearly losses of nearly $800 million. Industry estimates also show that Brazil would net $500 million a year in lost cigarette tax revenue if counterfeiting or piracy were reduced or eliminated. The data developed for this report are based on a survey of major industry sectors, interviews with trade association representatives, and a review of existing reports and literature. Details: Washington, DC: Brazil-U.S. Business Council, 2004. 15p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed April 10, 2012 at: http://www.iccwbo.org/uploadedFiles/BASCAP/Pages/Counterfeiting_and_Piracy_in_Brazil%5B1%5D.pdf Year: 2004 Country: Brazil URL: http://www.iccwbo.org/uploadedFiles/BASCAP/Pages/Counterfeiting_and_Piracy_in_Brazil%5B1%5D.pdf Shelf Number: 124913 Keywords: CounterfeitingFraudIntellectual Property Rights (Brazil)Piracy (Copyright) |
Author: Rosenlund, Jorgen Title: Motion Pictures and Piracy: A Theoretical Investigation Summary: In recent years, copyright-protected markets have been challenged by the sharp rise in usage of peer-to-peer networks. Many of these networks participate in illegal sharing of copyrighted materials, such as books, music and movies. The illegal copying and sharing of intellectual property also known as piracy - is depicted by firms and media as a terrible crime. But what are the actual consequences of the file-sharing activity? While the music industry has progressed toward lower investment costs at the same time as piracy arose, motion pictures are as - or even more - expensive to produce than before. When reproduction costs are negligible, this makes the motion picture industry more vulnerable to piracy. With the aim of gaining knowledge about motion picture piracy, this thesis extensively review the motion picture industry and reviews literature relevant to piracy in information good markets, motion pictures in particular. It then constructs two models of motion picture piracy with origins in different parts of the theory of industrial organization. Even though the models are not complete in any sense of the word, they nonetheless provide some interesting results. It is shown that, under specific circumstances, piracy can both raise and lower legal demand for motion pictures. Effects upon profits cannot be unambiguously concluded with. It is also shown that an increase in a consumers cost of piracy can negatively affect demand in specific periods - due to fewer consumers being charged with a higher price. It is concluded that further research is much needed to fully understand the workings of piracy in the motion picture industry and its total welfare effects. Details: Bergen: NORGES HANDELSHOYSKOLE, Institute for Research in Economics and Business Administration, 2012. 125p. Source: Internet Resource: Thesis: Accessed May 23, 2016 at: https://brage.bibsys.no/xmlui/bitstream/handle/11250/169443/Rosenlund_2012.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y Year: 2012 Country: Norway URL: https://brage.bibsys.no/xmlui/bitstream/handle/11250/169443/Rosenlund_2012.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y Shelf Number: 139133 Keywords: Intellectual Property TheftMotion PicturesPiracy (Copyright) |