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Morocco Home

country facts and figures

General:
bullet  Piracy costs Morocco an estimated $226 million annually (1)
bullet  Morocco has a piracy rate of 70% for software, music, and cinema combined. (2)
Film and Television:
bullet  Last year 1.5 million pirated CDs and DVDs were confiscated by Moroccan authorities. (3)
Music:
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The recording industry estimated the music piracy rate in Morocco at virtually 100% in 2004. After a number of highly publicized market enforcement actions that followed a high-level IPR Conference in March 2005, the music piracy level gradually dropped to around 95%. (4adobe pdf file

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In addition, Morocco has emerged as one of the fastest growing broadband Internet markets in the world, growing at a rate of 200% by adding a total of 135,000 DSL lines in the first three quarters of 2005, for a total installed base of 179,000 lines. (5adobe pdf file

Software:
  

2005 GLOBAL PC SOFTWARE PIRACY

 

Piracy Rates

Piracy Losses (millions)

2005

68%

55

2004

72%

65

2003

73%

57

Source: THIRD ANNUAL BSA AND IDC GLOBAL SOFTWARE PIRACY STUDY adobe pdf file


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