The report (.pdf) -- which covers copyrights, trade secrets, trademarks and patents -- also says that those who benefit most from this theft "are criminals, and alarmingly, criminal organizations with possible ties to terrorism."

Calling it "music to our ears," Mitch Bainwol, CEO of the Recording Industry Association of America, praised the Justice Department for making the prosecution of copyright violators a priority. "No administration has ever mounted such a comprehensive approach to defending America's gift to the world -- our creativity," Bainwol said in a statement.