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MPAA Piracy Survey - Junk Research

Posted by michael on from the pure-gospel-truth dept.

Cpt_Corelli writes "Alwayson network claims that a recent survey conducted by Online Testing Exchange (OTX) and distributed by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) is crap. The MPAA's summary of the survey claims, among other hard-to-believe assertions, that 'about one in four Internet users have downloaded a movie.' (It turns out this isn't true, but this is the factoid that was heard around the world the following week.) When did you stop trusting sponsored 'research'?"

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  1. Umm.. by __Maad__ · · Score: 0, Redundant

    When did you stop trusting sponsored 'research'?"

    Who says we ever started ?

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  2. Tough one... :-p by Jugalator · · Score: 0, Redundant

    When did you stop trusting sponsored 'research'?"

    When I heard about the sponsors of said research?

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  3. Trusting Sponsored research? by grasshoppa · · Score: 0, Redundant

    When did you stop trusting sponsored 'research'?

    I never do. It's all crap. Seriously, from a bussiness perspective, would successful research companies be successful if they always reported the bitter truth to the companies that pay for the research?

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  4. Re:I admit it. by mrdogi · · Score: 0, Redundant
    I downloaded Michael Moore's "Farenheit 9/11".

    In $deity's name WHY?!?