Fair Use: Worth $4.5 Trillion?

摘要

The Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA) has issued a study suggesting that "fair use dependent industries" contributed more than $4.5 trillion in annual revenue to the United States in 2006, roughly one-sixth of the nation's gross domestic product (GDP). The $4.5 trillion figure represents a 31 percent increase since 2002, CCIA officials added, estimating that nearly one out of every eight U.S. jobs is in an industry that "benefits from current limitations on copyright."