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According to the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), the British music industry lost a projected £165 million ($312.7 million), or 16.5 million sales, due to CD piracy in 2005. The BPI estimates that about 37 million pirate CDs are sold in Britain annually. (1) |
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An independent study carried out by the research company Ipsos in February and March of 2006 showed that 7 percent of 2,000 respondents admitted to buying counterfeit CDs, of which 45 percent would "definitely have bought" the real ones had the pirated versions not been available. (2). |
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The BPI reported in April that illegal online file sharing caused a loss of £414 million in 2005, totaling £1.1 billion from 2002 to 2005. (ibid) |
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In the United Kingdom, officials seized 5000 packets of counterfeit Tamiflu in early 2006, estimated to be worth £500 000.(3) |
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The United Kingdom is ranked 9th in the 2005 PC Software Piracy Rankings: 20 Countries with the Lowest Piracy Rates, yet experienced losses from software piracy worth $1,802 million in 2005 (ranking 5th). |
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