article: Does Online Piracy Hurt The Economy? A Look At The Numbers

From Forbes.com

http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2012/01/21/does-online-piracy-hurt-the-economy-a-look-at-the-numbers/

Well worth a read if you are interested in SOPA.

Excerpt:

Julian Sanchez has an excellent piece in Ars Technica which takes a look at the claim that content creators are being discouraged from creative pursuits due to online piracy – a claim that has fueled the recently stalled anti-piracy legislation in congress

Conclusion:

As Sanchez concludes, “On the data available so far, though, reports of the death of the industry seem much exaggerated.”

Adrian Farouk
Group Strategy Director

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