China Number One EU pirate
p2pnet.net News:- A recent European Commission survey says China accounts for two-thirds of all counterfeit goods seized in the European Union, says ZeeNews.
Counterfeiting and piracy costs the global economy at least USD 100 billion every year, according to WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organisation) warns, says the story.
The statement came during the third global congress on combating counterfeiting and piracy with attendees including the heads of Interpol and the International Chamber of Commerce.
Also See:
ZeeNews – Piracy costs USD 100 billion plus a year: WIPO, January 30, 2007
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February 2nd, 2007 at 6:46 pm
I just love these sort of stats “Counterfeiting and piracy costs the global economy at least USD 100 billion every year”
Costs who, I wonder?
It also smacks of the sort of analyst report that says the X market will be Y big in Year Z.
February 2nd, 2007 at 11:21 pm
“It also smacks of the sort of analyst report that says the X market will be Y big in Year Z. ”
unless it involves the RIAA or the BSA then you have to figure in Q and we all know that means the X market will be Y^2 big in Year Z. Unless those damn pirates steal it.
February 3rd, 2007 at 6:16 am
Why just two days ago it was Canada and camcorded movies that was the reason. My, my, how fast things change on the world prospective, or did the **AA’s change tracks too fast again. Sure looks like they running in circles with this whack-a-mole thing.
Wonder why no one believes these figures that have half a brain and see more than one article a day?
February 4th, 2007 at 4:46 am
Since China seems to make two thirds of EVERYTHING, it doesn’t really mean that much, does it? cf. Bayes’s Theorem.