Movie piracy: threat to the future of films intensifies

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- Recent research by ipsos suggest that amlost 30% of the UK population is active in some form of piracy

- This cost the Uk audio visual industries about £500M a year

- When a film is copied or made available online it reduces the value of that film around the world

- Up to a quarter of a million jobs will be at risk by 2015 if nothing is done about copyright infringement

Distribution

Piracy impacts more immediately on the independent sector than it does on studios

Distribution companies will not invest in films due to the piracy issue as they don’t know how well the film will sell

Production

Some films don’t get produced because distributors are not able to take the risks they used to.

This reduction of revenue caused by piracy has resulted in studios and production houses making less adventurous choices when it comes to films

Exhibition

Cinemas are losing about £220M a year at the UK box office due to piracy (2 months income in an average year)

Companies would lose profit due to the decreasing number of people who buy DVD’s because they’re available online.