October 29, 2013/WASHINGTON, D.C.: The MPAA has compiled a list of the world’s “most notorious” markets for the illegal distribution of film and TV content, with Ukraine, Canada, China and Russia home to some of the worst-offending pirate websites as well as widespread DVD counterfeiting.
The MPAA provided the report in response to a U.S. Trade Representative request for information on the worst piracy markets outside of the U.S.
“The American motion picture and television industry is a major U.S. employer that supports approximately 2 million jobs and over $104 billion in total wages in all 50 states,” said MPAA chairman and CEO, Senator Chris Dodd, in announcing the report. “The rogue overseas marketplaces highlighted in the filing undermine the people who work hard to create the movies and TV shows audiences love, and jeopardize the billions of dollars they contribute to the U.S. economy. The MPAA commends the USTR’s commitment to protect and enforce intellectual property rights abroad and, in so doing, protect U.S. jobs.”
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