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Piracy in Music

By: Jason Hofstetter

$12.5 billion in economic loss

$2.7 billion in workers earnings

$422 million lost in tax revenue

$291 million in personal income tax

$131 million in lost corporate income and production taxes

71, 060 U.S. jobs lost

$12.5 billion in economic loss

$2.7 billion in workers earnings

$422 million lost in tax revenue

$291 million in personal income tax

$131 million in lost corporate income and production taxes

71, 060 U.S. jobs lost

~RIAA

IFPI- International Federation of the Phonographic IndustryRIAA- Recording Industry Association of America

Who’s Fighting the Pirates?

“Fight piracy; don’t squash innovation”

~Joe Kraus

http://www.riaa.com/physicalpiracy.phphttp://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/22/business/global/22music.htmlhttp://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/piracy.htmlhttp://routenote.com/blog/ifpis-2009-digital-music-report/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Kraushttp://www.ifpi.org/content/section_about/index.htmlhttp://www.tomsguide.com/us/Piracy-China-USITC-RIAA-MPAA,news-7120.html

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