Piratkopiering koster tabte arbejdspladser og indtjening 

BASCAP (Business Action to Stop Counterfeiting and Piracy), som er etableret af International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), har for nylig publiceret en rapport, som estimerer, at piratkopiering i 2015 kan være årsag til 1,2 millioner mistede jobs og mistede indtægter på 240 milliarder Euro alene inden for europas kreative industrier.Rapporten er interessant, fordi den sætter tal nogle af på de samfundsmæssige omkostninger ved piratkopiering. Rapporten kommer bl.a. frem til følgende:

• »In 2008 the European Union’s creative industries, based on the more accurate and comprehensive definition, contributed 6.9%, or approximately €860 billion, to total European GDP, and represented 6.5% of the total workforce, or approximately 14 million workers.
• In 2008 the European Union’s creative industries most impacted by piracy (film, TV series, recorded music and software) experienced retail revenue losses of €10 billion and losses of more than 185,000 jobs due to piracy, largely digital piracy.
• Based on current projections and assuming no significant policy changes, the European Union’s creative industries could expect to see cumulative retail revenue losses of as much as €240 billion by 2015, resulting in 1.2 million jobs lost by 2015. » 

Du kan se hele rapporten her. 

Sidst opdateret: 6. september 2011