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The recording industry identified 875 pirate websites in 2005. Growth of broadband usage increased significantly by 140% in the year from the fourth quarter of 2004 to the third quarter of 2005, with total broadband lines reaching 623,000 at the end of the third quarter of 2005. (1) 
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India
Estimated Trade Losses due to Copyright Piracy (in millions of US dollars) and Levels of Piracy: 2002-2006
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2002
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2003
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2004
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2005
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2006
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Loss
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Level
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Loss
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Level
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Loss
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Level
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Loss
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Level
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Loss
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Level
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| Motion Pictures |
NA
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NA
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NA
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29%
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80.0
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60%
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77.0
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60%
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75.0
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91%
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| Records & Music |
52.7
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55%
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56.4
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57%
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67.3
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50%
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257.7
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50%
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6.6
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90%
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| Business Software |
318.0
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70%
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255.0
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72%
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239.0
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74%
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187.0
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73%
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257.7
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92%
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| Entertainment Software |
85.6
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82%
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65.2
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86%
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59.5
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86%
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113.3
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84%
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N/A
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96%
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| Books |
40.0
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N/A
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42.0
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N/A
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38.0
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N/A
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36.5
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N/A
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36.5
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N/A
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| TOTALS |
496.3
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418.6
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483.8
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419.8
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375.8
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| Source: FOURTH ANNUAL BSA AND IDC GLOBAL SOFTWARE PIRACY STUDY |
Civil Copyright Enforcement Statistics For 2006:
India
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Actions
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Motion Pictures
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Business Software
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Sound Recordings
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Totals
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Number of Civil Raids Conducted
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0
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4
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4
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Post-Search Action
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0
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3
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3
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Cases Pending
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27
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1
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28
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Cases Dropped
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0
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0
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Cases Settled or
Adjudicated
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0
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4
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4
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Value of Loss as Determined by Right Holder ($USD)
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0
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NA
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0
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Settlement/Judgment Amount ($USD)
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0
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NA
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0
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Source: International Intellectual Property Alliance 2007 Special 301 Report
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| Auto & Parts: |
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A National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) study, established by the Automotive Component Manufacturers Association of India (ACMA), said counterfeit auto parts constitute over 37% of the total market size of Indian aftermarket parts. (2) |
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India today is a source of massive parts counterfeiting problem for the auto industry. IACC member auto companies report counterfeit parts make up 20% to 30% of the Indian market. The auto industry as a whole is suffering parts counterfeiting that is reported to be over 35% of the market and valued at roughly $434 million dollars in that country (3). |
| Film & TV: |
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India's film industry (BollyWood) is producing more than 1,000 films per year, yet according to the U.S.-India Business Council an estimated 80% of Bollywoods revenues are lost to piracy (4). |
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Indian filmmakers assert that pirated films account for at least 50 percent of the revenue loss in a movie industry that produces more than 900 films a year. The revenue of the Indian movie industry, including overseas rights and music rights, is estimated at $1.3 billion, according to the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) (5). |
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There are now as many as 20 OD factories in India, with at least 166 production lines and a capacity of at least 581 million discs per year. Burned pirate discs are even more predominant. (6)
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It is estimated that India's cable companies declare only 20% of their subscribers and that the piracy level in this market is 80% with significant losses. (7) Reported to be the worst offender, India's cable piracy amounts to $685 million in losses to the industry. (8)
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| Pharmaceuticals: |
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According to the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) study, 'Counterfeits, Spurious & Contraband Goods: Preventive & Remedial Issues’:
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20% of medicines in India are fake - 60% are without active ingredients, 19% have wrong ingredients while 16% have harmful and inappropriate ingredients.
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Counterfeit medicines in government hospitals are roughly at 38%, says the Industry chamber, adding that 35% of fake drugs sold worldwide are sourced from India.
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The total volume of counterfeit and contraband products have gone up to Rs300bn by 2006, accruing losses to the Indian economy and government due to tax evasion of Rs150bnThis represents a growth in the counterfeit market from Rs 30bn to Rs 40bn. (9) |
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Most of the counterfeit medicines in Nigeria originate in India, a fact that lead the Nigerian authorities to threaten to ban the import of all drugs from India in 2003. (10)
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According to EU statistics released in Brussels in June 2007, India is known as the number one source of counterfeit medicines (31%) seized in the EU in 2006 (17). |
| Other |
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Cell phone "ringtone" piracy has become a major source of damage to the music industry, as an estimated 500,000 unauthorized ringtones are being downloaded in India every day. (11)
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| Software: |
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India saw a two percentage point drop in piracy, but piracy is still high considering the country’s world class skills in software development; the country exports three times as much IT as itconsumes. India is large enough and growing fast enough that it would support a strong local software industry if piracy were lower;between the end of 2005 and the end of 2009, more than 100 million new Internet users will come from China, India and Russia alone. (12)
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A recent study by Business Software Alliance (BSA)-IDC reveals piracy is as high as 72% in India, which is costing industry around $566 m because of it (13). |
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The Business Software Alliance reports that in all of 2004 the number of online software infringements traced to Indian ISPs was 1,672, but that this number grew to 4,112 in the first 10 months of 2005. At that rate, by year’s end it is believed that the number of infringements would have increased by 195% year on year, mainly in the P2P domain. (14)
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The entertainment software piracy level is estimated at over 80%. (15)
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Personal computer software piracy cost India an estimated $566 million in 2005 (16). |
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