Net piracy could lose Europe $356bn by 2015
- 19 March, 2010 00:44
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Illegal file-sharers will cost the European creative industries $A356bn (£215bn) by 2015, says Tera Consultants.
A report by the firm on behalf of the International Chamber of Commerce that looked at the impact of internet piracy in the UK, as well as Germany, France, Italy and Spain, also revealed that 1.2 million jobs could be lost, with 250,000 in the UK alone.
TETA Consultants said that in 2008, internet piracy caused £1.25bn worth of losses in Europe, proving it's a "major threat to the creative industries in terms of loss of employment and revenues".
"If there was ever the proof needed to demonstrate why the Digital Economy Bill is imperative for the protection of our creative industries, this report is it," said Brendan Barber, General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), which endorsed the report.
The Digital Economy Bill sets out a number of proposals designed to tackle internet piracy, as well as ensuring all of the UK has access to 2Mbps broadband.
One of the proposals is for a 'three strikes' rule, which will see web users suspected of illegal file-sharing issued with warning letters and emails regarding their online activities. Repeat offenders could have their broadband connection slowed down or even temporarily suspended.
The bill also includes a clause that could see ISPs forced by courts to block websites, such as YouTube that contain large amounts of copyright-infringing material.
The bill was approved by the House of Lords this week and has now been put before MPs.
However, there are concerns that the bill will be rushed through Parliament before the General Election, without thorough consideration.
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Comments
Max T
I see these unethical parasites are still crying poor.
And the equally unethical and parasitic governments are aiding and abetting them.
Sod the lot of them, I'll keep downloading.
Field of Dreams
I suggest its time to send these idiots who come up with these weird calculations back to university
1) They need to relearn the demand and supply curve.. where a product with unlimited supply is provided.. the demand is affected by price.
You can't say how much you are loosing when you look at the demand when the price is 0$. Because if you increased the price to $15 demand is going to fall by alot.
2) Money circulates. If the money is not spent on the film industry it is likely spent elsewhere. Just because the movie industry does not get the money does not mean the money vanishes.
The money would actually provide more jobs as it would go to the economy as a whole rather than to a small niche of the film industry.
By reducing piracy would actually caused the economy to go
south. As more money would be required to spend on copyrights in which no really tangible goods are produced.
Disclaimer: I do not use bittorent.
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