Worldwide Internet Movie Piracy Study

The MPAA has released a new study which says that one in four people online has illegally downloaded a feature film–and it’s cutting into box-office and DVD sales.

As many as 50 percent had downloaded copyrighted content in the last year. Of those people who have downloaded films, 17 percent said they are going to the movies less often, and 26 percent said they bought fewer DVDs.

The biggest concern (?!) is spread of broadband.. an estimated 98 percent of South Korea’s population uses broadband, and nearly 60 percent of the population has reportedly downloaded movies, and one in three say they go to the box office less often.

The full MPAA release on this study is here (PDF file).

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