] Popular culture has become one of America's biggest
] exports. Every year the U.S. sells more than $60 billion
] worth of music, books, movies, television programs and
] computer software to consumers abroad. And this estimate
] does not even include the revenues made by illegal
] copying and other forms of piracy. In Europe or Canada,
] one need only flick on the television, buy a compact disc
] or browse the entertainment section of a newspaper to see
] the ubiquity of American culture.

Scientific American: Digital Entertainment Jumps the Border