Source for copyright statistics?

I am seeking a source for estimates of the number of
copyright and related
lawsuits filed in the United States.  More specifically, I
am interested in
the number of lawsuits filed in the media and entertainment
industries.  (I
am defining media very broadly to include artwork, music,
film, television
programming, books, and websites.)

I am also seeking estimates that tally the number of people
in the US who
are producing media for profit (or at least with the hope of
profit).  Same
broad definition of media.

Thanks in advance for any helpful leads.

Joy Butler
Law Office of Joy R. Butler
Website: http://www.joybutler.com




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Back in 1995, there was something with the cornell law
school that 
had a very rich database of stuff pertaining to copyright
law. I was 
able to pull out some results on the number of copyright
lawsuits, 
the types of plaintiffs, the likelihood of various judgments
and the 
financial penalties assessed (in those days, as I recall ,
the 
average penalty was around $600,000). It was, as I recall,
pretty easy to use.

A link to the former site can be found at 
http
://www.law.cornell.edu/focus/statistics.html
though the site itself seems to have moved sometime since
1995 (can 
you imagine that?)

Armed with the information at the referring page, however,
and with 
google, one might be able to track down its new home. If
someone 
finds it, I'd be interested as well.

David Dailey
At 06:30 PM 2/2/2007, you wrote:

>I am seeking a source for estimates of the number of
copyright and related
>lawsuits filed in the United States.  More specifically,
I am interested in
>the number of lawsuits filed in the media and
entertainment industries.  (I
>am defining media very broadly to include artwork,
music, film, television
>programming, books, and websites.)
>
>I am also seeking estimates that tally the number of
people in the US who
>are producing media for profit (or at least with the
hope of profit).  Same
>broad definition of media.
>
>Thanks in advance for any helpful leads.
>
>Joy Butler
>Law Office of Joy R. Butler
>Website: <
http://www.joybutler.com>http://www.joybutler.com
>
>


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