Industries that rely on fair use exceptions to copyright law grew faster than the rest of the U.S. economy from 2002 to 2007, expanded 5 percent and accounted for 23 percent of real economic growth, according to a new Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) economic study entitled “Fair Use in the U.S. Economy.” The study was released the day after Intellectual Property Day, and drew a distinctly different conclusion to another study released the day prior by the Global Intellectual Property Center (GIPC) entitled “The Impact of Innovation and the Role of IP Rights on U.S. Productivity, Competitiveness, Jobs, Wages and Exports.”

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Category: Science

Tags: Copyright, CCIA, Global Intellectual Property Center (GIPC), Research