Eine Studie der CCIA Economic Contribution of Industries Relying on Fair Use kommt zu einem erstaunlichen Ergebnis (via Michael Geist): Die "fair use industry" ... generate $4.5 trillion in revenue, far more than the "copyright industries."

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• Fair use protects competition by guaranteeing that companies can reverse engineer software so that their products will work and ‘interoperate’ with the products of their competitors.
• In 2006, fair use-related industry value added was $2.2 trillion, 16.6 percent of total U.S. current dollar GDP.
• Fair use industries also grew at a faster pace than the overall economy.

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