The copyright industry added $1 trillion to the...
The copyright industry added $1 trillion to the U.S. economy in 2012, said an International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) study released Tuesday (http://bit.ly/1apvSnC). “Core copyright industries” employed almost 5.4 million workers, grew 4.7 percent at an “aggregate annual rate,” and…
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totaled $142 billion in international sales and exports in 2012, said the study. To continue this kind of growth, “we need strong and modern copyright laws that take into account changes in technology and the continuing harm caused by copyright piracy, especially as legitimate digital distributors continue to emerge,” said Steven Metalitz of Economists Inc., which conducted the study for the IIPA.