Film piracy costing £614 million

A report by Oxford Economics has found that if the film industry introduced some simple but effective steps, it would increase revenue by around £614 million per year and protect jobs throughout the industry.

Nevertheless these steps, which include introducing tighter controls at car boot sales, the banning of video cameras in cinemas and fighting against illegal file sharing, are easier said than done.

In fact, there are organisations working in these fields already.

Copyright enforcement is a big issue for those who own the copyrighted material, but for the people involved in illegal file sharing and similar activities it’s like a game of cat and mouse which dates back to when cassette tapes first came out and people used to copy them for their friends.