In 2007, up to 9.3 million people used p2p services to download pirated music.
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Rate of Growth of Piracy Compared to Legal Services in 2007
As of October 2007, the market in the illegal piracy of music was growing at a rate of 60 percent a year, and was ten times the size of the legal downloading services.
Downloading Habits of College Students in 2006
Bloomberg News reported that more than half of U.S. college students pirated music and movies in 2006. Collectively, college students accounted for 1.3 billion illegal downloads in 2006. Two thirds of their music were obtained thorough illegal piracy.
Percent of Searches for Pirated Tracks in China
In China in 2006, one-fifth of searches on baidu.com was for unlicensed MP3’s. Baidu.com is China’s leading search engine with 50 percent of online searches conducted through its website.
Most Films Pirated With Camcorder in 2008
90 percent of pirated movies available on the Internet were filmed using a camcorder.
Pirated movies and music on the Internet
Up to 80 percent of internet traffic is believed to be P2P file distribution, with the vast bulk of content being music and movies.
p2p downloads mostly pirated porn
According to market research firm NPD Group, in the third quarter of 2006, nearly 60 percent of video files downloaded from P2P sites were adult-film content, 20 percent were TV shows, and 5 percent was mainstream movie content.
Los Angeles Film Industry's Impact From Piracy
Movie piracy causes $2.7 Billion in losses to the Los Angeles economy.
New York City's Financial Losses from Piracy in 2007
Movie piracy causes $1.5 Billion in losses to New York City.
Impact of Fake Lighters on Zippo
Counterfeit lighters impact Zippo’s market by up to 30 percent.