We have all heard the following mantra.....
Don’t download movies using P2P.
Om Mani Padme Hum.....
Downloading is a crime
Om Mani Padme Hum.....
Stealing movies is a crime
Om Mani Padme Hum.......
Stealing Music is a crime
omph........
But is it? Or do P2P activities in
Lets first see where you, our reader fits into the picture..
Are you an Ipod owner?
Do you have an MP3 player?
Do you have a computer?
Are you connected to the Internet?
Do you have a smartphone with x GB storage for movies and music?
Do you have a CD-burner in your computer?
Is your phone connected to the Internet?
If you answered yes to more than three of the above, then you have probably at some time or other downloaded copyrighted content that you have not paid for and/or copied that content ontop a device, a CD-ROM, DVD or Ipod illegally, making you by default,
A) A Pirate
B) A Criminal
But we here at Perceptric, being not quite so judgemental of your actions actually think that congratulations are in order.
You are now (by your own admission) officially part of the 57% of Australians that utilize 87% of the internet infrastructure and bandwidth in this country to download music, movies and other items without paying for it.
So if 57% of Australians download files, how does that help the economy?
Well, let’s look at it another way.
|
Population: |
22,000,000 |
|
|||
|
|
Per Unit |
% pr/yr |
Number of |
Total $ |
|
|
Infrastructure |
A |
98,000,000,000 |
0.21% |
98,000,000,000 |
20,580,000,000 |
|
Maintenance |
B |
209,860,000 |
1 |
209,860,000 |
209,860,000 |
|
Wages/Paye |
C |
5,000,000,000 |
1 |
5,000,000,000 |
5,000,000,000 |
|
Computer |
D |
1,000.00 |
33% |
11000000 |
3,630,000,000 |
|
Laptop |
E |
1,500.00 |
66% |
4400000 |
4,356,000,000 |
|
Router |
F |
69.00 |
33% |
3300000 |
75,141,000 |
|
Wifi |
G |
180.00 |
33% |
3300000 |
196,020,000 |
|
Sat Dish |
H |
420.00 |
33% |
110000 |
15,246,000 |
|
Modem |
I |
90.00 |
20% |
11880000 |
213,840,000 |
|
Cellphone |
J |
550.00 |
66% |
22,000,000 |
7,986,000,000 |
|
Retail Use Plan Home |
K |
39.95 |
100% |
5,500,000 |
2,636,700,000 |
|
Retail Phone Data Use |
L |
18.00 |
24% |
9680000 |
501,811,200 |
|
Wholesale Billing |
M |
12.00 |
100% |
5,500,000 |
792,000,000 |
|
|
45,400,618,200 |
||||
|
GST |
(GST not calculated on
"A" and "B") |
2,061,261,820 |
|||
|
Total Value of
P2P |
(At 80% of
Network and CPE value) |
$37,969,504,016 |
|||
| $10,355,319,277,091. . |
The sound of Government cash registers ringing.
Basically, taxable revenue - yes I did say TAXABLE, dollars that your government obtains revenue from - unlike Movies and Music and overseas made TV shows.
Notes:
Assumptions.
The cost of the telecommunications infrastructure in
The cost of maintaining that infrastructure is “B”
That infrastructure generates “C” in wages, PAYE tax and individual taxation.
To utilize that infrastructure you require termination CPE (Customer Premises Equipment).
CPE includes, Telephone handsets, Modems (dial-up/ADSL), Nat routers, satellite dishes, WiFi devices. Items “F” through “I”
If fifty percent of Australians have a computer – let’s call that “D”
Most computers are cycled every thirty six months. Therefore Annual replacement of “D” is valued at $330.00 on the basis that the purchase price is $1000.00
We assume 20% of Australians have a laptop. “E”
If 100% percent of Australians have a mobile Phone – let’s call that “J”
If 5.5 million homes of 7.2 million are connected to the internet, that generates a monthly subscriber value of “F” (For this exercise, we assume a monthly total of $39.95 per sub.) “K”
44% of
The average mobile phone data consumption is therefore worth approx. $18.00 per month. “L”
All services are billed between the wholesale carrier and the retail Service Provider. “M”
Sources: Telstra, ACMA, ABS, Various industry sales results.
