> More than 70,000 jobs per year in the US alone are lost because of the lost revenues that came from music piracy. > (RIAA) > Music industry piracy statistics highlight the costs of music piracy and the immense consequences on the American economy. Music theft costs American workers significant losses in jobs and earnings as well as costing the US government substantial lost tax revenues.
I get all the rest, and I'm at a point in my life where I pay for my media, and I don't believe in any philosophical or moral justification for piracy (nor do I condemn it - to each their own but don't be a hypocrite about what you're doing).
But these kinds of reports always lose me when they tack on these huge numbers of job and revenue losses.
The majority of people who pirate wouldn't spend the money if they couldn't pirate. So these are totally fake numbers.