The International Intellectual Property Alliance recently released some
copyright piracy losses for US companies.  Here are part of their figures.



                   ESTIMATED 1993 TRADE LOSSES DUE TO PIRACY
                               (US $ millions)

              MOTION        RECORDS      COMPUTER
COUNTRY        PICTURES      & MUSIC      PROGRAMS      BOOKS      TOTAL

China            50            345          322          110        827

India            40             45           81           25        191

Japan            95            n.a.         854            3        952

South Korea      20             20          371           12        423

Thailand         20             12           98           25        155

Indonesia        45             12           95           40        192

Taiwan           26              6          106           12        150

Philippines      23             15          n.a.          70        108




Greg Aharonian
Internet Patent News Service
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