Audiovisual piracy cost the Italian
economy over one billion euros last year, according to a new
study by IPSOS for the Italian Federation for Safeguarding
Audiovisual Content FAPAV.
Some 1.1 billion euros went up in smoke, it said.
This amounted to a negative impact on GDP to the tune of almost
500 million euros.
The drop in State income was a further 200 million euros.
And some 5,900 jobs were lost.
During the two-month COVID lockdown, the report said, the number
of pirates rose from 37% to 40% of the audiovisual audience.
Illegal acts rose from 69 million in March-April 2019 to 243
million in the two months of this year, the report said.
Illegal streaming of films and TV series "surged" during the
lockdown, it said.
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