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IPI Policy Report - # 186 Author: Sonia Blumstein on 09/26/2006
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PRESS CONFERENCE INVITATION:
What Is the Total Cost of Motion Picture Piracy to the US Economy?
New Report Calculates Jobs, Earnings, Tax and Output Losses
What Is the Total Cost of Motion Picture Piracy to the US Economy?
New Report Calculates Jobs, Earnings, Tax and Output Losses
For Release: Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Contact: Sonia Blumstein, soniab@ipi.org or 202.213.0379
WHAT:
Motion picture piracy costs the film industry billions of dollars in lost revenue, but this is only a fraction of its impact on the total U.S. economy. Groundbreaking research by the Institute for Policy Innovation (IPI)—the first research to measure piracy’s cost to the overall economy—reveals significant losses in jobs, earnings, output and tax revenue.
IPI's findings, published in a report entitled “The True Cost of Motion Picture Piracy to the U.S. Economy,” will be released at a press conference Friday, Sept. 29. Join IPI and hear from the economist who authored the IPI report as he discusses the impact of movie piracy upon the U.S. economy.
The IPI press conference takes place during the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s “Third Annual Piracy and Counterfeiting Conference.”
WHO:
Stephen E. Siwek,
Author of “The True Cost of Motion Picture Piracy to the U.S. Economy” and principal with Economists, Inc.
Bartlett Cleland, Director of the IPI Center for Technology Freedom
Other Speakers to be announced. Q & A session to follow speaker comments.
WHEN:
Friday, September 29, 2006
12:00 PM or immediately following the final panel of the Chamber’s Piracy and Counterfeiting conference (scheduled to end at noon)
WHERE:
U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Herman Lay Room
1615 H St. NW, Washington, DC 20062
RSVP:
Sonia Blumstein, soniab@ipi.org or 202.213.0379
The Institute for Policy Innovation (IPI) is a nonprofit, economic think tank based in Dallas, TX. The IPI Center for Technology Freedom publishes research on a variety of technology issues, including Intellectual Property, telecommunications, software and Internet taxation.
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