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1997
Anti-Piracy Statistics
Recording Industry Association of America
| Counterfeit/
Pirate Seizures |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
| Counterfeit/
pirate cassettes |
2,037,917 |
1,212,110 |
1,105,326 |
1,076,155 |
411,719 |
| Counterfeit/
pirate CDs |
17,845 |
14,845 |
25,652* |
208,797*+ |
128,798 |
| Counterfeit/
pirate CD-Rs |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
87 |
Counterfeit
pirate
labels |
34,449,500 |
23,126,036 |
28,477,450 |
20,070,650 |
465,688 |
| Bootleg
Seizures |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
| Vinyl |
NA |
175 |
155 |
34,620 |
26 |
| Cassettes |
2,100 |
7,381 |
3,310 |
529 |
2,385 |
| CDs |
965 |
3,000 |
84,965 |
1,261,961+ |
807,392 |
| CD-Rs |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
355 |
Video
(music
related) |
10,754 |
8,450 |
3,417 |
2,720 |
8,288 |
| Actions
Taken |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
| Search
Warrants/ Consent Searches |
101 |
69 |
82 |
96 |
83 |
| Arrest/Indictments |
275 |
329 |
441 |
225 |
211 |
| Sight
Seizures (without the necessity of a search warrant) |
839 |
742 |
605 |
134 |
170 |
| Guilty
Pleas/Convictions |
144 |
191 |
234 |
80 |
150 |
| Civil
Suits Filed |
5 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
| Judgements/Settlements |
6 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
6 |
Educational/Cease
and
Desist
Letters Sent to
Internet
Sites |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
250 |
* Approximately
95 percent pirate CDs.
+ CD
totals do not include an additional 499,081 discs that were confiscated
by U.S. Customs agents during 1996 and reported in 1997
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