Report: Fair use in the US economy
The research indicates that the industries benefiting from fair use-and other limitations and exceptions-make a large and growing contribution to the U.S. economy. The fair use economy in 2007 accounted for $4.7 trillion in revenues and $2.2 trillion in value added, roughly one-sixth of total U.S. GDP It employed more than 17 million people and supported a payroll of $1.2 trillion. Fair use companies generated $281 billion in exports and rapid productivity growth." Of course, these are white-paper numbers, only so far removed from random. Perhaps more interesting is the long survey of industries which are said to rely on fair use.