Study of Economic Impact of Movie Piracy of Hindi Films Produced in Mumbai

Abstract

The proposed study was an attempt to identify the factors contributing to movie piracy and to newlinequantify the loss of revenue to Mumbai based Hindi film industry and the government exchequer newlinein the form of entertainment tax. newline1. newlineTo identify the factors newlinecontributing to movie piracy newline2. newlineTo propose a conceptual framework to understand how various factors contribute to newlinemovie piracy. newline3. newlineTo quantify the loss of revenue to the film industry at the box office. newline4. newlineTo quantify the loss of revenue to the Government of Mahara newlineshtra at the box office in the newlineform of entertainment tax