Movie Piracy Market Value: $18.2 Billion
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) states that worldwide losses due to piracy stands at $18.2 billion.
Source: MPAA and L.E.K., “The Cost of Movie Piracy,” May 2006, (path: 2005 Piracy Data Summary), (accessed: November 24, 2006).
50 percent of pirated movied are recorded in New York
According to New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, 50 percent of illegally recorded movies are pirated in New York.
Source: Thomas S. Mulligan, “N.Y.’s Cuomo seeks crackdown on film piracy,” Los Angeles Times, May 6, 2008.
Bollywood loses $1 billion to movie piracy in US
Source: “Desi pirates steal a billion from Bollywood,” Economic Times, May 4, 2008.
South Korea lost $1 billion in pirated movies in 2007
The Korean Film Council estimates losses of $1 Billion in pirated movies in 2007.
Source: Han Sunhee, “Piracy on the rise in Korea,” Variety, December 21, 2007, accessed: December 26, 2007).
$658 million lost to movie piracy in Japan in 2005
In 2005, Japan’s film industry loss an estimated 80 billion yen ($658 million) to piracy.
Source: Japan Patent Office, “FY 2004 Survey Report on Losses Caused by Counterfeiting”,March 2005.
70 percent of China’s internet bandwidth is used for the transfer of pirated movies and films
Source: “Special Report: China and the internet: The party, the people, and the power of cyber-talk” , The Economist, April 29, 2006, pg. 30.
More than 90 percent of DVDs in China are pirated
Source: AP, “Warner, Paramount form China partnership to sell DVDs in anti-piracy move,” International Herald Tribune, November 7, 2007, (accessed: November 9, 2007).
Toronto base for pirated movies in Canada
According to the Globe and Mail, 90 percent of pirated movies sold in Canada can be traced back to Toronto.
Source: Chanakya Sethi, “Flood of pirated DVDs frustrates police efforts,” Globe and Mail, August 30, 2006, (accessed: September 1, 2006).
90 percent of pirated new movie releases recorded with camcorder
Source: Eric A. Taub, Off New York Streets, Film Piracy is Online, New York Times, April 14, 2008.
80 percent of Internet traffic is p2p file distribution
Up to 80 percent of internet traffic is believed to be P2P file distribution, with the vast bulk of content being music and movies.
Source: IFPI, “Digital Music Report 2008,” January 24, 2008, pg. 22,(accessed: January 28, 2008).
