The proposition “Copyright is Dead, Long Live the Pirates” was put to the audience after a debate last night on intellectual property and the need to ensure creators of content are paid for their work.

Of the audience at Melbourne Town Hall, 49% voted for the proposition, with 36% against and 15% undecided.

The forum was part of a year-round program of lectures, readings and debates.

Lori Flekser, executive director of the Intellectual Property Awareness Foundation and general manager of the Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia asserted copyright is not dead, quoting statistics for 2010-2011 which showed more than 900,000 people were employed in the copyright industries, which generated an economic value of $93.2 billion and just over $7 billion in exports.

“It’s very clear from our research that the public either do not or choose not to understand that the victims of piracy are not simply studio executives, music companies and high-profile actors and musicians,” she said.

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