Everyone knows that piracy of digital content is a serious issue. But it has been notoriously difficult to get a handle on just how widespread the practice has be-come. Now a new report from the International Intellectual Property Alliance—a coalition of film studios, video game publishers, and other copyright-based industries—gives us a clearer picture of just how enormous the problem really is and what steps can be taken to get the situation under control. The IIPA's analysis is contained in a Special 301 filing prepared for the US Trade Representative's annual report to President Bush. It finds that many forms of content theft—including factory copying of disks, cartridge counterfeiting, and Internet downloading—contribute to piracy levels exceeding 90 percent in many parts of the world.
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