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Malaysia Estimated Trade Losses due to Copyright Piracy (in millions of US dollars) and Levels of Piracy: 2001-2005
	2006		2005		2004		2003		2002
	Loss	Level	Loss	Level	Loss	Level	Loss	Level	Loss	Level
Motion Pictures	NA	NA	NA	91%	36.0	50%	38.0	50%	42.0	75%
Records & Music	22.0	45%	38.8	49%	55.5	52%	40.0	45%	110.2	70%
Business Software	NA	61%	82.0	60%	73.0	61%	77.0	63%	79.2	68%
Entertainment Software	28.0	90%	23.4	91%	12.9	91%	NA	90%	NA	NA
Books	9.0	NA	10.0	NA	10.0	NA	9.0	NA	8.3	NA
TOTALS	59.0		154.2		187.4		164.0		239.7
Source: International Intellectual Property Alliance

Film and Television:

A raid on January 16, 2007 seized $1.7 million worth of pirating machinery capable of producing 21 million pirated discs per year. This could have generate $30 million of revenue per year. (1) adobe pdf file

Pharmaceuticals:

5-6% of all drugs in the Malaysian market are counterfeit. (2) adobe pdf file

Software:

From October 2004 to September 2005, the number of broadband lines in Malaysia increased by 61.6%, placing it in the top ten in the world in terms of growth. In2004, 2,176 online software infringement were traced to Malaysian ISPs; this number skyrocketed to 6,537 in the first 10 months of 2005. (6) adobe pdf file

2005 GLOBAL PC SOFTWARE PIRACY
	Piracy Rates	Piracy Losses (millions)
2005	60%	$ 149
2004	61%	$ 134
2003	63%	$ 129
Source: THIRD ANNUAL BSA AND IDC GLOBAL SOFTWARE PIRACY STUDY

The software piracy rate in 2005 of 60% remains well above the Asia Pacific rate of 53% and significantly higher than the world average of 35%. (3) adobe pdf file

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