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UK Study: Fighting Piracy Would Generate $847 Million for Economy

By soulxtc

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Respect for Film says fighting movie piracy would increase UK economic output by Ł614 million, protect the jobs of thousands employed in the film industry, and create some 7,900 jobs. No piracy studies make me laugh as much as those commissioned by the entertainment industry. For the basic premise usually is that one illegally downloaded movie equates to a lost ticket sale. With last year's the "Dark Knight" raking in hundreds of millions in box office sales despite being the most pirated movie of all time, one can see that it's not necessarily the case. So now we have another movie piracy study to chew on, this time it's from a UK group called Respect for Film.

Full post as published by ZeroPaid on March 12, 2009 (boomark / email).

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