Comments on: The inflated cost of illegally copied DVDs http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/10/the-inflated-cost-of-illegally-copied-dvds/ now with extra source Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:48:11 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Stilgherrian http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/10/the-inflated-cost-of-illegally-copied-dvds/#comment-12449 Stilgherrian Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-12449 Minister Bib Debus' office has now told us that the $1.77 billion estimate came from Australian Institute of Criminology report entitled "Intellectual property crime and enforcement in Australia, published on their website on 3 October. The report's Executive Summary says:<br /><br />The negative impact of IP [intellectual property] crime includes adverse effects on business, the national economy, and consumer health and safety. For example, the software industry has argued that a 10-point drop in piracy globally could create 2.4 million jobs, $400b in economic growth and $67b in additional taxes.<br />Estimates of the loss to various sectors in Australia include the following: $233m per year due to the piracy and counterfeiting of films (LEK 2006); $677m of lost sales, in 2002, in the Australian toy, software and video games industry. This includes $445.7m lost sales in the business software industry (Allen 2003); $515m in absolute losses in software piracy in 2006 (BSA & IDC 2006); $45m per year as the cost to Australian subscription television industry (ASTRA 2006a); $300m per year in breaches of trade mark as losses to the textile, clothing and footwear industry (ACAG 2000)." Minister Bib Debus’ office has now told us that the $1.77 billion estimate came from Australian Institute of Criminology report entitled “Intellectual property crime and enforcement in Australia, published on their website on 3 October. The report’s Executive Summary says:

The negative impact of IP [intellectual property] crime includes adverse effects on business, the national economy, and consumer health and safety. For example, the software industry has argued that a 10-point drop in piracy globally could create 2.4 million jobs, $400b in economic growth and $67b in additional taxes.
Estimates of the loss to various sectors in Australia include the following: $233m per year due to the piracy and counterfeiting of films (LEK 2006); $677m of lost sales, in 2002, in the Australian toy, software and video games industry. This includes $445.7m lost sales in the business software industry (Allen 2003); $515m in absolute losses in software piracy in 2006 (BSA & IDC 2006); $45m per year as the cost to Australian subscription television industry (ASTRA 2006a); $300m per year in breaches of trade mark as losses to the textile, clothing and footwear industry (ACAG 2000).”

]]> By: John http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/10/the-inflated-cost-of-illegally-copied-dvds/#comment-12450 John Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-12450 Yes, the whole recording/movie conglomerate thing must be managed by old men in bad suits. They just don't 'get' the Internet at all. Heck, I'm almost 50 and I get it. The retail cost of CDs and DVDs is simply too high. The Internet offers a wonderful method for browsing products on an international scale, arranging for purchasing and for distribution, whether by traditional mail or by some form of download. Sorry, but iTunes is a cop-out as it uses restrictive DRM. If I use my own computer, my own broadband connection and (probably) my own recording media (CD/DVD) - then I expect to pay less than the bricks & mortar retail price. The potential for selling media via the Internet is vast, at the moment the process is either heavily restricted (DRM) or the consumer model is just wrong. Yes, the whole recording/movie conglomerate thing must be managed by old men in bad suits. They just don’t ‘get’ the Internet at all. Heck, I’m almost 50 and I get it. The retail cost of CDs and DVDs is simply too high. The Internet offers a wonderful method for browsing products on an international scale, arranging for purchasing and for distribution, whether by traditional mail or by some form of download. Sorry, but iTunes is a cop-out as it uses restrictive DRM. If I use my own computer, my own broadband connection and (probably) my own recording media (CD/DVD) - then I expect to pay less than the bricks & mortar retail price. The potential for selling media via the Internet is vast, at the moment the process is either heavily restricted (DRM) or the consumer model is just wrong.

]]> By: Kel http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/10/the-inflated-cost-of-illegally-copied-dvds/#comment-12451 Kel Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-12451 The industry has really missed a chance with the internet. Instead of embracing the new technology, they have seen it as the enemy and devoted energy into stopping piracy and maintaining their archaic distribution system. It's only a decade later that they are playing catch-up, yet they are still well behind where the technology and communal consensus is at.<br /><br />The industry has really shot itself in the foot, it had the chance to capitalise on the new technology and instead it just sat on it's preferred distribution system despite the social movement away from centralised distribution. Crying poor and suing pirates would do nothing more than have people buy out of guilt / fear. The industry has really missed a chance with the internet. Instead of embracing the new technology, they have seen it as the enemy and devoted energy into stopping piracy and maintaining their archaic distribution system. It’s only a decade later that they are playing catch-up, yet they are still well behind where the technology and communal consensus is at.

The industry has really shot itself in the foot, it had the chance to capitalise on the new technology and instead it just sat on it’s preferred distribution system despite the social movement away from centralised distribution. Crying poor and suing pirates would do nothing more than have people buy out of guilt / fear.

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