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1996
Anti-Piracy Statistics
Recording Industry Association of America
| Counterfeit/
Pirate Seizures |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
| Counterfeit/
pirate cassettes |
2,548,030 |
2,037,917 |
1,212,110 |
1,105,326 |
1,076,155 |
| Counterfeit/
pirate CDs |
690 |
17,845 |
14,845 |
25,652* |
208,797* |
| Counterfeit/
pirate LPs |
NA |
83,445 |
13,675 |
0 |
7,245 |
| Counterfeit/pirate
cassettes (in-process) |
165,610 |
370,600 |
158,630 |
155,385 |
59,536 |
Counterfeit
cassettes labels |
32,377,125 |
34,449,500 |
23,126,036 |
28,477,450 |
20,070,650 |
| Bootleg
Seizures |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
| Vinyl |
2,667 |
NA |
175 |
155 |
34,620 |
| Cassettes |
4,719 |
2,100 |
7,381 |
3,310 |
529 |
| CDs |
16,213 |
965 |
3,000 |
84,965 |
1,261,961 |
Video
(music related) |
4,458 |
10,754 |
8,450 |
3,417 |
2,720 |
| Actions
Taken |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
| Search
Warrants/ Consent Searches |
116 |
101 |
69 |
82 |
96 |
| Arrest/Indictments |
224 |
275 |
329 |
441 |
225 |
| Sight
Seizures (without the necessity of a search warrant) |
1,423 |
839 |
742 |
605 |
134 |
| Guilty
Pleas/Convictions |
128 |
144 |
191 |
234 |
80 |
| Civil
Suits Filed |
3 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
| Judgements/Settlements |
6 |
6 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
* Approximately 95 percent pirate CDs.
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