Music PC and DVD Piracy Reaching Epidemic Proportions - eBay blamed
Published June 26th, 2006
Quesso.com
Counterfeiting and piracy is reaching epidemic proportions because of the internet and auction sites such as eBay, it has been revealed.
The internet is now at the heart of piracy involving illegally copied software, music and films and for disposing of fake goods through eBay and other auctions sites which costs Britons billions of pounds a year.
The music industry alone estimates that one person in every street in the UK is illegally producing music.
The National Intellectual Property Enforcement Report, produced by a variety of organisations including police, customs and industry, states: “The use of the internet is ever present. Nearly every report names it as a major avenue for counterfeit sellers.
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