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Report Says 36.4% of World's Computers Infringe on IP

Posted by Zonk on from the i-would-guess-it's-quite-a-bit-more-actually dept.

I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "According to a new report by Digital Music News, 36.4% of the world's computers have LimeWire installed. Given their claim that filling an iPod legally would cost about $40,000, they're pretty sure that most of those computers are infringing upon at least a few imaginary property rights. BitTorrent shouldn't feel left out, though. BitTorrent actually uses more bandwidth, but the article suggests that this is because it is used to share larger files, like movies."

8 of 331 comments (clear)

  1. thankfully by SoupGuru · · Score: 5, Funny

    Thankfully all of us that have eMule installed are downloading purely legal files.

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  2. Re:It always amuses me by Hognoxious · · Score: 5, Funny

    Have you heard of SHHHHHHH?

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  3. Re:It always amuses me by rob1980 · · Score: 5, Funny

    The first rule of NNTP is that we do not talk about NNTP.

  4. The Report Continues... by flaming+error · · Score: 5, Funny

    31.2% of computers infringe TCP.
    22.9% infringe UDP.

    The report doesn't mention other protocols, but as IPv6 gains ground, we're all sure to see lots more infringement.

  5. Re:I bet it's closer to 100% by servognome · · Score: 4, Funny

    Face it, in the world where One Click patent can even exits, you're _guaranteed_ to infringe on someone's intellectual property if your code is more complicated than "Hello world".
    Infringements:
    1. Hello World is a registered trademark of Servognome Corp. Any use or redistribution without the implied oral consent of Servognome is strictly prohibited
    2. Patent #45239223 - Display of the words "Hello World" on a digital device
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  6. Re:It always amuses me by squiggleslash · · Score: 4, Funny

    Both are different? As opposed to one being different, and the other one not being different? ;-)

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  7. Re:That's It? by PPH · · Score: 5, Funny
    The other 2/3 are still waiting for Vista to boot. Or copy one CD.


    (Ducking and running from the inevitable Troll mod points.)

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  8. Re:It always amuses me by Cajun+Hell · · Score: 4, Funny

    One is more different than the other.

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