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Spain by the Numbers: Illegal Downloads Rule

By james_fudge

According to a Hollywood Reporter story, piracy in Spain cost rights owners 5.2 billion euros in the first half of 2010. According to a report from Madrid-based Coalition of Content Creators and Industries, that figure is more than three times the 1.56 billion euros in revenue earned by the companies in the same period.

According to the report, the music sector lost 2.7 billion euros to illegal downloads. 77 percent of movie downloads, worth 1.87 billion euros, were downloaded illegally, while illegal downloads of video games grew from 52.3 percent from the second half of 2009 to 60.7 percent in the first six months of 2010. The study concluded that piracy cost the gaming sector some 262 million euros.

Aldo Olcese, President of the Coalition, blamed telecom operators and search engines for the illegal activity and called on the government to create a comprehensive policy to combat piracy. Read More

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Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on November 04, 2010 (boomark / email).