Piracy Stats
By Christopher George
The Australian Visual Software Distributors Association Industry Statistics
Data Taken from AVSDA Website (HYPERLINK to http://www.avsda.com.au/)5.
Total Wholesale Sales Yearly Comparisons
Rental (Wholesale) Statistics. VHS & DVD Combined
|
Calender Year |
Revenue |
Units |
|
Financial Year |
|
Revenue |
Units |
|
|
1995 |
$227,835,143 |
3,176,737 |
|
1995-96 |
|
$243,021,184 |
3,315,339 |
|
|
1996 |
$237,017,160 |
3,211,062 |
|
1996-97 |
|
$214,521,533 |
2,948,268 |
|
|
1997 |
$207,490,009 |
2,880,443 |
|
1997-98 |
|
$214,850,240 |
3,092,439 |
|
|
1998 |
$206,508,965 |
3,201,873 |
|
1998-99 |
|
$193,802,416 |
3,240,907 |
|
|
1999 |
$192,141,645 |
3,339,592 |
|
1999-2000 |
$191,414,777 |
3,511,430 |
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|
2000 |
$175,545,278 |
3,470,813 |
|
2000-01 |
|
$176,496,149 |
3,708,949 |
|
|
2001 |
$212,732,392 |
5,635,642 |
|
2001-02 |
|
$225,649,258 |
6,839,622 |
|
|
2002 |
$228,441,678 |
6,970,026 |
|
2002-03 |
|
$237,145,046 |
7,541,235 |
|
|
2003 |
$236,534,057 |
8,488,279 |
|
2003-04 |
|
$229,627,986 |
9,157,141 |
|
|
2004 |
$222,388,385 |
9,783,389 |
|
2004-05 |
|
$203,005,082 |
9,317,400 |
|
|
2005 |
$167,389,935 |
7,921,913 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Retail (Wholesale) Statistics. VHS & DVD Combined
|
Calender Year |
Revenue |
Units |
|
Financial Year |
|
Revenue |
Units |
|
1995 |
$157,509,048 |
8,970,613 |
|
1995-96 |
|
$177,444,305 |
10,219,011 |
|
1996 |
$175,569,055 |
10,598,988 |
|
1996-97 |
|
$182,815,101 |
11,023,175 |
|
1997 |
$191,664,928 |
11,624,809 |
|
1997-98 |
|
$183,847,679 |
11,882,901 |
|
1998 |
$189,007,090 |
12,373,018 |
|
1998-99 |
|
$187,125,129 |
11,963,263 |
|
1999 |
$175,338,570 |
11,631,481 |
|
1999-2000 |
$195,420,955 |
12,613,437 |
|
|
2000 |
$233,217,463 |
13,928,031 |
|
2000-01 |
|
$285,599,614 |
16,574,445 |
|
2001 |
$377,324,536 |
21,723,220 |
|
2001-02 |
|
$445,488,953 |
26,544,487 |
|
2002 |
$597,816,577 |
33,394,714 |
|
2002-03 |
|
$657,303,703 |
35,576,678 |
|
2003 |
$742,118,094 |
41,158,517 |
|
2003-04 |
|
$812,525,002 |
46,922,359 |
|
2004 |
$903,388,472 |
52,976,685 |
|
2004-05 |
|
$892,436,525 |
53,898,162 |
|
2005 |
$883,081,090 |
57,067,422 |
|
|
|
|
|
Total Wholesale Sales Yearly Comparisons. DVD (Wholesale) Statistics
|
Calendar Year |
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
Revenue |
|
Units |
|
|
|
|
1999 |
|
$18,364,188 |
|
848,944 |
|
|
|
|
2000 |
|
$69,640,789 |
|
2,921,369 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
RENTAL* |
RETAIL |
RENTAL |
RETAIL |
|
|
|
2001 |
|
$35,535,373 |
$207,639,998 |
1,323,150 |
9,364,239 |
|
|
|
2002 |
|
$97,319,427 |
$405,405,696 |
3,545,772 |
19,240,201 |
|
|
|
2003 |
|
$160,384,357 |
$637,643,050 |
6,106,077 |
32,172,050 |
|
|
|
2004 |
|
$188,646,019 |
$853,906,815 |
8,580,128 |
48,851,355 |
|
|
|
2005 |
|
$159,027,355 |
$873,987,173 |
7,507,435 |
56,128,445 |
|
|
|
Financial Year |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue |
|
Units |
|
|
1999-2000 |
$33,504,538 |
|
1,456,689 |
|
|
|
2000-01 |
|
$118,058,197 |
|
5,141,397 |
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
RENTAL |
RETAIL |
RENTAL |
RETAIL |
|
2001-02 |
|
$72,138,614 |
$269,730,873 |
2,724,779 |
13,239,628 |
|
2002-03 |
|
$129,867,335 |
$491,477,345 |
4,608,199 |
23,349,827 |
|
2003-04 |
|
$175,882,759 |
$728,976,930 |
7,264,969 |
39,657,390 |
|
2004-05 |
|
$184,983,878 |
$863,809,296 |
8,573,438 |
51,650,629 |
Motion Picture Association - Asia Pacific (HYPERLINK to http://www.mpaa.org/inter_asia.asp) 6
The MPA operates anti-piracy programs in 14 countries in the Asia/Pacific region, estimating that its member companies lost in excess of $896 million in potential revenue regionally in 2005. The predominant piracy threat in Asia-Pacific is optical disc piracy, with hundreds of millions of illegal optical discs being produced, many of which are exported to other parts of the world.
In 2005, 67 percent of pirate optical discs seized globally were seized in the Asia/Pacific region. This included 99 percent of pirate VCDs and 73 percent of pirate DVDs. Recently, syndicates of pirates producing and distributing smaller volumes of illegal DVD-Rs – the region’s fastest growing pirate format – from homes and/or small business premises have emerged as a growing problem.
Piracy Fact Sheet, Asia Pacific 2004 (HYPERLINK to http://www.mpaa.org/AsiaPacificPiracyFactSheet.pdf) 7