Initially the rise of legitimate online businesses such as Netflix actually helped curb digital piracy, which had largely been based on file uploads.
最初,合法的在线企业如Netflix的兴起实际上有助于遏制基于文件上传的数字盗版。
But now piracy involving illegal streaming services as well as file-sharing costs the US economy about $30 billion in lost revenue a year and some 250,000 jobs, estimates the US Chamber of Commerce's Global Innovation Policy Center.
但现在,据美国商会全球创新政策中心估计,涉及非法流媒体服务和文件共享的盗版每年使美国经济损失约300亿美元的收入,并导致约25万个就业岗位流失。
The people who are stealing our movies and our television shows and operating piracy sites are not mom and pop operations," says Charlie Rivkin, chief executive officer of the MPA.
MPA首席执行官查理·里夫金(Charlie Rivkin)表示:"那些盗取我们的电影和电视剧并运营盗版网站的人,并不是普通的家庭式小作坊。"
Rivkin joined the MPA in 2017 after the organization failed five years earlier to build consensus between Hollywood and Silicon Valley to win passage of legislation in Congress aimed at stopping online piracy.
里夫金于2017年加入MPA,此前该组织在五年前未能在好莱坞和硅谷之间达成共识,以推动国会通过旨在遏制网络盗版的立法。
Consulting firm Parks Associates predicts that legitimate US streaming services' cumulative loss from piracy since 2022 will reach $113 billion in the next two years.
咨询公司Parks Associates预测,自2022年以来,美国合法流媒体服务平台因盗版造成的累计损失将在未来两年内达到1130亿美元。
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