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Fair Use in the U.S. Economy

The Computer & Communications Industry Association has released Fair Use in the U.S. Economy.

Here's an excerpt from the press release:

Using the latest publicly available data (2009), and adapting a methodology developed by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) this study finds the following about fair use industry growth and activity:

Revenue—In 2008 and 2009, fair use industries—those industries that depend upon fair use and related limitations to copyright—generated revenue averaging $4.6 trillion, a 35 percent increase over 2002 revenue of $3.4 billion. . . .

Employment—The fair use economy is vast, employing 17 million people—approximately one in eight U.S. workers—and generates a payroll averaging $1.2 trillion in 2008-2009, compared to $895 billion in 2002.

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This entry was posted on Wednesday, July 13th, 2011 at 10:34 pm and is filed under Copyright, Reports and White Papers. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

One Response to “Fair Use in the U.S. Economy”

PAt Aufderheide Says:
July 17th, 2011 at 7:15 am
Terrific and important study! We just wrote a book, Reclaiming Fair Use: How to Put the Balance Back in Copyright (U of Chicago 2011), and I wish this report had come out in time to include the most recent results. We did put in the results of the earlier survey.