- Internet file-sharing involves 700 million unauthorised music files at any one time (800 million on the internet overall)
- US research shows about 75% of all the illegal files are coming from 15% of the people (source: NPD Music, May 2003).
- All major surveys say that illegal file-sharing makes people buy less - the latest is Forrester showing 36% of downloaders buy less music as a result.
- Illegal file-sharing is a major factor in the fall in world music sales, down 7% in 2003, and down 14% in three years.
- 15% of industry sales on average go into developing new artists. In France, 27% of turnover is invested in A&R and 2 700 new albums are released per year. This has decreased by 22% in the last year.
- Academy members received screeners for 30 out of 34. (Everything except Click, Monster House, Poseidon, and Black Dahlia.)
- 31 out of 34 films were released online in some form, including camcorder footage. (Everything except Letters from Iwo Jima, Notes on a Scandal, and Venus.)
- 24 screeners were leaked online. (In several cases, they were leaked months before Academy screeners were mailed.)
- The average length of time between a film’s USA release and its first appearance online is 12 days.
- 9 screeners appeared online before they were mailed to Academy members.
- On average, a screener appears online 24 days before it’s received by Academy members. (Excluding these early leaks, the average time is 13 days.)
