Music Piracy Market Value: $4.5 Billion
Music Piracy is the unauthorized copying, selling, and distributing of licensed music without the permission of the copyright holder.
The IFPI states the pirate trade in music is valued at $4.5 billion.
Source: International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), “ The Recording Industry 2006 Piracy Report,” July 27, 2006, pg.4, (last accessed: November 1, [...]
British recording industry loses 165 million GBP to piracy
According to the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), the recording industry loses an estimated 165 million GBP in revenue in piracy.
Source: Counterfeit Products figures (except music) taken from:Alliance Against IP Theft,”The Cost of Counterfeiting: Survey Results 2005″,June 29, 2005.
37 million pirate CDS sold in UK annually
Source: Reuters, ” CD piracy weighs on music industry,” Reuters.co.uk, August 28, 2006.
5 percent of all music sales in Singapore were pirated in 2005
Source: International Intellectual Property Alliance, “2006 Special 301 Special Mention: Singapore,” February 13, 2006.
$400 million pirated discs sold in Russia in 2006
With two-thirds of the music CDs in Russia being pirated, an estimated $400 million worth of pirated discs were sold in Russia in 2006.
Source: Associated Press, “Russia urged to tackle music piracy, economy minister says no quick fix,” International Herald Tribune, April 17, 2007,(accessed: April 18, 2007).
28 percent of all internet users in the Netherlands use filesharing services
Source: IFPI, “IFPI Digital Music Report-2008,” January 24, 2008, pg. 18.
2.6 billion music files illegally downloaded in Mexico each year
Source: IFPI, “IFPI Digital Music Report-2008,” January 24, 2008, pg. 18.
99 percent of digital music tracks in China are pirated
Source: IFPI, “IFPI Digital Music Report-2008,” January 24, 2008, pg. 18,(accessed: January 28, 2008).
1.8 billion music files are illegally downloaded in Brazil each year
Source: IFPI, “IFPI Digital Music Report-2008,” January 24, 2008, pg. 18.
$180 million music piracy market in Bangladesh
According to Agence France Presse, original music producers account for 5 to 10 percent of sales in the $200 million music market in Bangladesh. The remaining $180 million are sales of pirated copies.
Source: Shafiq Alam, AFP, ” Bangladesh music producers take law into own hands to fight piracy,” Yahoo News, August 17, 2006.
