During the past year, authorities have seized over 76 million counterfeit DVDs, while the music industry has lost an estimated $4.2 billion to piracy worldwide. Thursday on Talk to America we discuss why recording artists and movie companies are upset by piracy and look at the steps they're taking to stop it. Host Rick Pantaleo talks with representatives from the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry and the Motion Picture Association of America about this global problem.
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