For years, the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA ), an organization that represents Google, Yahoo and other companies in the computer, Internet, information technology, and telecommunications industries, have advocated for broad copyright exceptions arguing that they substantially contribute to economic growth. In a series of studies culminating in a 2011 paper published by the CCIA titled Fair Use in the U.S. Economy, the claim was made that a group of identifiable industries called the “fair use industries” accounted, in 2008 and 2009, for an average of $4.6 billion in revenues in the U.S. In a similar paper published by the CCIA in 2010 titled Economic contribution of EU industries relying on exceptions and limitations to copyright, the claim was made that the value added generated by industries in the EU relying on exceptions and limitations to copyright amounted to $1.1 trillion or 9.3% of GDP in 2007.
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Flexible exceptions to copyright have negative economic costs, says study
December 4th, 2012Posted in Copyright, copyright reform
Tags: Australia Australian Digital Alliance barry sookman ccia copyright reform Dr. George Barker Economic contribution of EU industries relying on exceptions and limitations to copyright Estimating the Economic Effects of Fair Use and Other Copyright Exceptions: A Critique of Recent Research in Australia Europe and Singapore Excepting the Future Exceptional Industries exceptions to copyright Fair Use in the U.S. Economy limitations to copyright US
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