Out of curiosity, I decided to look up the World's GDP. I found out via the
CIA World Fact Book that the Gross World Product (GWP) for 2005 was estimated at $59.59 trillion.
This means that the "RIAA Damages" for one month of piracy is 19% of the GWP. If each month is assumed to be relatively equal in music download activity, then a year's worth of piracy would total $137,291,275,800,000 or 230% of the GWP.
No wonder the RIAA keeps crying about those awful pirates.