Net Piracy Fact of the Day

Across the EU, as many as 1.2 million jobs are in jeopardy as piracy looks set to strip more than €240bn (£218bn) in revenues from the creative industries by 2015, unless regulators can stem the flow. In 2008, the creative industries contributed €860bn to the EU’s GDP – almost 7% – and they employ 6.5% of the EU workforce, or 14 million people.

~ Net piracy puts 1.2m EU jobs in peril, study shows