Piracy & Jobs : 10% of US Work in Copyright Industries

rack gear 🎙️ · 2nd November 2011

Digital Music News - There's a New Anti-Piracy Boogeyman In Congress: Jobs...

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copyright industries employed 10.6 million Americans in 2010, or nearly 10 percent of the private workforce.

looks like people are finally waking up and smelling the coffee.

AwwDeOhh · 3rd November 2011

According to the Chamber of Congress, IP jobs are an even BIGGER chunk of the workforce and economy:

Chamber of Commerce, IP jobs

From the ^ link:

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America’s IP-intensive industries employ more than 19 million workers—at all educational and skill levels.
From 2000 to 2007, the annual salary of all workers in IP-intensive industries averaged about 60% more than for similar workers in non-IP-intensive industries.
IP-intensive industries account for approximately 60% of total U.S. exports—rising from $665 billion in 2000 to $910 billion in 2007.
In 2008, U.S. intellectual property companies in the manufacturing and nonmanufacturing sectors generated nearly $7.7 trillion in gross output, accounting for 33.1% of total U.S. GDP.

This is a fight we can't afford to lose... as a Nation!