U.S. Joins Hollywood in War on Piracy

Section_Ei8ht writes to mention a Washington Post article about a new joint initiative between the U.S. government and the entertainment industry. The government will now be aiding efforts abroad to stop copyright infringement. They cite the recent Pirate Bay fiasco, as well as the problems Russia is having with the WTO as a result of their thriving IP black market. From the article: "The intellectual property industry and law enforcement officials estimate U.S. companies lose as much as $250 billion per year to Internet pirates, who swap digital copies of 'The DaVinci Code,' Chamillionaire's new album and the latest Grand Theft Auto video game for free."

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Same old crap, different people

[Atroxodisse]

I can only repeat the same argument against their piracy statistics so many times before I become bored with my own points. I think I'll try something new. Lets see, how about this one. Your piracy statistics are wrong because elevator vacuum cleaner torque wrench. It's not like someone at some point hasn't pointed out to these people how stupid their arguments are, it's just that they don't care. The man is not my friend. Why do I even bother to post this crap?