| General: |
.gif "bullet") | According to the Italian Institute Against Counterfeit Goods, the market for counterfeit goods and products in Italy is estimated to be valued at $6.4 billion (1) | |
| | 60% of the market is based on counterfeit clothing and other fashion products, and caused 40,000 lost jobs over the past decade (Ibid.) | |
Italy Estimated Trade Losses due to Copyright Piracy (in millions of US dollars) and Levels of Piracy: 2001-2005 | | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | | Loss | Level | Loss | Level | Loss | Level | Loss | Level | Loss | Level | | Motion Pictures | 161.0 | 22% | 160.0 | 15% | 140.0 | 20% | 140.0 | 20% | 140.0 | 20% | | Records & Music | 40.0 | 20% | 45.0 | 23% | 42.0 | 22% | 42.0 | 23% | 40,0 | 23% | | Business Software | 760.8 | 48% | 779.0 | 50% | 642.0 | 49% | 363.4 | 47% | 338.8 | 45% | | Entertainment Software | 639.2 | 30% | N/A | 34% | 168.5 | 47% | 215.4 | 55% | N/A | 74% | | Books | 20.0 | N/A | 23.0 | N/A | 23.0 | N/A | 23.0 | N/A | 23.5 | N/A | | TOTALS | 1621.0 | | 1007,9 | | 1015.5 | | 783.8 | | 542.3 | | Source: International Intellectual Property Alliance  |
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| Film & TV: |
| For 2005, MPA reports that preliminary estimated losses in Italy due to audiovisual piracy (including both hard goods and internet) were $161 million, and the estimated piracy level was 22%. (2) |
| Luxury Goods: |
| | As much as 20 % of the clothes bought in Italy are fakes, according to a report issued by the Italian consumers association Intesa dei Consumatori in April 2004. Fake shoes and clothes reached EUR 3.13 billion (US$3.705 billion) in terms of value in 2002, and accounted for nearly 21% of all counterfeits produced and marketed in Italy in the same period. (3) |
| Music: |
| Recent surveys showed that almost 5 million people are downloading music from the most famous P2P platforms. The estimated music piracy level in Italy for 2005 was 20%, a slight decline from the prior year. Estimated 2005 losses due to record and music piracy in Italy amounted to $40 million. (4) |
Software: |
| Italy lost $1,564 million (8th most of countries surveyed) to software piracy in 2005. This is largely attributed to PC shipments outpacing software growth. |
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| | The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) estimates that the value of pirated videogame product in the Italian marketplace was $639.2 million in 2005, with a 30% piracy rate. (5) |
