The document discusses international piracy, specifically focusing on piracy in Mexico. It notes that Mexico has become a major exporter of pirated movies dubbed in Spanish, causing estimated losses of $483 million to the industry in 2005. Piracy is seen as an informal economy employing 8 million people in Mexico and is difficult to curb due to legal and social challenges. Key industries affected by piracy include movies, music, software, books, and food and beverages.

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5. DEFINITION “ Piracy is the execution of criminal acts against intellectual property, such as editions or reproductions without the permission of the author or owner”. Source: IMPI, México

14. Economic losses for piracy by country, 2003: Country Amount (Millions of dollars) China 1,893.3 Russia 1,039.9 Taiwan 847.9 Italia 783.8 Korea 736.8 México 717.9 Brazil 715.2 Poland 520.6 India 375.8 Indonesia 259.9 Source: International Alliance of Intellectual Property.

17. Growth of the underground economy in Mexico: The underground economy in Mexico has represented between one sixth and one quarter of GDP since 1995. 1993 1.4% 1994 4.7% 1995 15.7% 1996 17.2% 1997 16.6% 1998 20.2% 1999 19.6% 2000 19.8% 2001 26.0% Source : Banco de México

26. The Food and Drink The Food and Drink in Mexico presents losses in 2006 by 36 billion pesos, in the past two years, affected by the low prices on their products that have had to make in order to compete with those of piracy. The industry's Piracy accounts for up to 50 percent of the total product offered on the market. Over the last two years have shut down more than 15 per cent of the nine thousand plants producing food and beverages in the country, leaving more than 70 thousand employees and affecting a large number of suppliers that are strung these companies, adding a total of 80 thousand job losses. An example?

27. Cerveza Cerona…! from China Source: El Norte, Newspaper

28. The Food and Drink The Food and Drink is one of the largest in the country representing approximately 6 per cent of GDP, yearly estimated at 6 billion pesos. On the dangers posed to humans piracy drinks: “It is not the same as a CD that it may not work or produce damage in an electronic device or like the trousers that were destroyed in just two washings, the health risks caused by adulterated drinks to humans, could generate death”. Source: El Norte, Newspaper

29. The Software Industry Software piracy is violating the rights of intellectual property. It occurs when : An individual or entity offering illegal copies, CD’s, downloadable applications or serial numbers free, in exchange for cash or commercial acts, An individual provides an educational product without authorization or unauthorized individuals or companies, An individual install or use the software without a license duly authorized.

30. The Software Industry Types of piracy: The most common types of software piracy are five. Meeting them will help users avoid the problems associated with illegal software: - Piracy end-user, - Excessive use of client-server, - Piracy download from Internet, - Download on the hard disk, - Software Counterfeit.