On September 12, 2007, the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) released the findings of a study showing that fair use and related limitations and exceptions of the US Copyright Act accounted for $4.5 trillion in revenues and $2.2 billion in value added for the United States in 2006. The CCIA commissioned the study in accordance with a World Intellectual Property Organization methodology to better understand and detail the economic contributions of these exemptions to the US economy. The report notes that “industries benefiting from fair use have grown dramatically within the past 20 years…and are directly responsible for more than 18% of US economic growth and nearly 11 million American jobs.” In addition, exports such as Internet or online services relating to fair use industries increased by nearly 50% to an estimated $194 billion in 2006. Please see:
Fair Use in the US Economy: Economic Contribution of Industries Relying on Fair Use
by Thomas Rogers and Andrew Szamosszegi
Washington DC: Computer & Communications Industry Association, 2007
CCIA press release re the report
Executive summary of the report [PDF]
PowerPoint presentation re the report [PPT]
Download the complete report [PDF]
