Leaked MediaDefender Emails Show Student P2P Traffic Down

An anonymous reader writes "The MPAA and the RIAA have been targeting universities in a fury claiming that college students are causing them huge losses. However, some leaked MediaDefender emails show that may be a huge exaggeration. 'I also want to state that I am not for the illegal sharing of files. I am absolutely against it. I just want to make sure that the numbers presented in the media are fair numbers. I have a feeling they aren't fair at all. '"

Comments

Not where I live....

[Anonymous Coward]

It's not down at my school....
Just yesterday someone was talking about how they have 6000 illegal downloads. Someone else said "Only 6000?!"

Not kidding.

In Soviet Russia ...

[Arabani]

... numbers distort the RIAA! But seriously, I doubt any of us are surprised that the RIAA's lying through its teeth. It's been suspected since, oh, just about forever. It's nice to have some supporting documentation, though.

I am shocked

[AlphaLop]

That so many of you would even insinuate that those benevolent guardians of the artist known as the R.I.A.A. and the M.P.A.A. would ever be less then truthful. Shocking, just plain shocking.

I gotta go shower now, for some reason I feel so dirty....

Problem solved.

[palegray.net]

Just get all the nation's leading universities to drop their backbone connections in favor of Comcast cable. I promise you, you'll see a huge reduction in network utilization, and BitTorrent connections won't trouble your admins any longer.

Re:Actually...

[VirusEqualsVeryYes]

just that the methods that the MAFIAA use to give numbers of students using P2P are flawed and the numbers are probably lower than they say.

RIAA fudges numbers, exaggerates case, claims huge losses; no plans to reimburse the artists in question. News at 11.