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Economic Contribution of Copyright-based Industries
in Singapore: An Update
1. Objective
This study aimed to:
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Provide more current estimates of the copyrightbased industries in Singapore which could be salient
inputs for policy planning in the public and private
sectors; and
•
Enhance IP research in Singapore.
4. Industry Comparison
Singapore’s copyright sector was dominated by three
industries. Together, the interdependent copyright industry
of computers & equipment, and the core copyright industries
of software & databases and press & literature accounted for
over 60% of the sector’s output, value added and
employment (Figures 1, 2, and 3).
The estimates covered an update of:
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Indicators of the economic size of Singapore’s
copyright-based activities in terms of output, value
added and employment;
•
Foreign trade in copyrighted goods and materials;
and
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Linkages of core copyright industries with the rest of
the Singapore economy as reflected in their direct
and indirect economic impact on output, value
added and employment, based on input-output
methodology.
2. Introduction
The first study on Singapore’s copyright-based industries
utilizing the WIPO framework covered the period 1986-2001.
This update extended the economic estimates and analysis to
2002-2004.
The copyright activities in Singapore were grouped according
to the WIPO’s four categories of:
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core copyright industries which were fully engaged in the
production and distribution of copyright works, e.g. press
& literature, software & databases, motion pictures &
video;
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interdependent copyright industries which supported and
facilitated the creation of copyrighted works, e.g.
computers & equipment, TV sets & radios;
•
partial copyright industries for which a portion of
activities were related to copyright works, e.g. furniture,
architecture, jewelry & coins; and
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non-dedicated support industries in which part of the
activities were related to broadcast, communication,
distribution and sale of copyright works, and
encompassing general wholesale & retail, general
transportation and telephony & internet.
3. Economic Contribution
Table 1 highlighted the contribution of Singapore’s copyrightbased industries in 2004, which generated a combined:
(a)
output of S$30.8 billion;
(b)
value added of S$10.4 billion or 5.8% of GDP; and
(c)
employment for 122,700 workers or 5.9% of
Singapore’s workforce.
5. Copyright Exports
During 2000-2004, around 10-11% of copyright output was
exported (Table 2). Of the 13 items of copyright exports, the
single largest item was recorded computer tapes & disks,
which constituted about 80% of exports of copyright goods.
Growing rapidly were exports of recorded video tapes and
recorded discs for reproducing sound media but their shares
in copyright exports were small.
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There was, however, no published official data on 2004 output of the Singapore
economy.
Compared to 2001, the shares of the copyright sector in GDP
and employment in 2004 were each larger by 0.1% point.
The relatively larger shares occurred mainly in 2002 when
copyright real value added rose by 13.7% against the overall
GDP increase of 4.2%, and employment expanded by 6.9%
against Singapore’s workforce decline of 1.4%.
But the group’s employment multiplier was lower in 2004
than in 2001 (Table 5). With regard to job generation, the
music, theatrical productions & operas industry had the
highest employment multiplier with every one million dollar of
output requiring 27 workers.
6. Inter-Industrial Analysis of Core
Copyright Sectors
An inter-industrial analysis of the core copyright sub-sector
indicated that the group of nine industries became more
strongly linked to the Singapore economy between 2001 and
2004.
The group showed greater output and value added multiplying
effects in 2004, compared to 2001 (Tables 3 and 4). Three
industries -- radio & television broadcasting, music, theatrical
productions & operas, and motion pictures & video –
possessed high output multipliers of 2. This implied that an
increase in demand for one of the industries would stimulate
the economy to expand output double the magnitude of that
demand.
In comparison, the core copyright sub-sector had an output
multiplier of 1.777 and an employment multiplier of 11
workers per million of output.
For more information, please visit www.ipacademy.com.sg
Ms Chow Kit Boey, the principal investigator of the research
project, can be contacted at [email protected]