The value for software losses due to counterfeiting in the European Union was estimated to be approximately $11 billion in 2006 compared with losses of $ billion in the USA (Business Software Alliance, 2007). A similar story is apparent for the film industry with the Motion Picture Association of America reporting, through a survey of 22 countries, losses to its member studios of $ billion in 2005, with $ billion of that being made up of internet piracy. In the UK it has been estimated that the government lost approximately $176 million worth in tax revenue during 2005 because.
