I Think
I Think Piracy Is Economically Bad

25% of web site that offered pirated software also attempt to installs spyware or
Trojans
http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/knowthefacts/counterfeit.aspx
The U.S. government loses tens of millions of dollars in tax revenues each year
because of piracy
http://apartmente.com/KEY/PIRACY%20FACTS.htm
Some P2P users can explore your computer to find private financial information,
and other sensitive documents.
http://www.campusdownloading.com/info.htm
Stealing music threatens the livelihood of the thousands of working people from
recording engineers, music retailers and their staffs
http://www.cmta.com/brochure.htm
P2P over the Information Superhighway has resulted in thousands of law suites
http://www.pdfdownload.org/pdf2html/pdf2html.php?url=http%3A%2F%2F76.74.
24.142%2FA6091D27-6C3B-CA63-0422-7A6EF89A7125.pdf&images=yes
Fines for pirating one song could be as high as $150,000
http://www.cmta.com/brochure.htm
The hundreds of thousands of people with little jobs, like stuntmen and caterers
lose money the money
http://www.mpaa.org/piracy_EntInd.asp
95% of the computer software in Armenia, Moldova, and Azerbaijan is pirated
http://w3.bsa.org/globalstudy/
Each year $12.5 billion in economic output and 71,060 U.S. jobs are lost
because of piracy
http://apartmente.com/KEY/PIRACY%20FACTS.htm

