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Piracy Stats Don't Add Up
arenam writes to tell us Australian IT is reporting that a recent briefing for the Attorney-General's Department prepared by the Australian Institute of Criminology draws certain piracy statistics into question. From the article: "The draft of the institute's intellectual property crime report, sighted by The Australian shows that copyright owners 'failed to explain' how they reached financial loss statistics used in lobbying activities and court cases. Figures for 2005 from the global Business Software Association showing $361 million a year of lost sales in Australia are 'unverified and epistemologically unreliable,' the report says."
Figures for 2005 from the global Business Software Association showing $361 million a year of lost sales in Australia are 'unverified and epistemologically unreliable,' the report says.
In other news, the sky outside appears to be a "blue" color, and when dropped, most objects behave in a "falling" manner.
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Nice try, but I doubt the pro-piracy blowhards on this site will catch the irony. They'll just keep stealing and stealing other people's IP until there's nothing left to take. Thieves aren't the brightest of folk, after all.
And now, a PSA from David Lynch.
Did they check their ass? That's usually where these statistics are pulled out of.
Modern copyright is theft of culture from everyone and it retards the progress of the useful arts and sciences.
Bush used this word three days ago. Granted he was trying to discuss the beliefs of Episcopalians, but technically he did use this word.
Censorship is telling a man he can't have a steak just because a baby can't chew it. --Mark Twain
yeah exactly! Which is why I've been downloading this same Pantera album over and over for 12 years. I figure if I can get all the copies downloaded before the pirates do then people wont be able to steal it anymore.
Sigs are awesome huh?