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Lies, Damned Lies, and the UK Copyright Industry

Posted by timothy on from the save-$19-million-by-not-buying-a-house-in-malibu dept.

artg writes "Ben Goldacre writes about invalid and misleading 'science' in the Guardian. Here's his report on the statistics behind a recent press story that reported illegal downloading to involve 120 billion pounds worth of material."

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  1. For god's sake by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's the scumbags like RIAA gives lies a bad name. Lies keep marriage in tact, family together, friendship, gov't, you name it. Along comes RIAA and ruins lie's good name. Shame.

  2. Nearly 10% of GDP! by msgmonkey · · Score: 4, Funny

    And there I was thinking it was the credit crunch that has caused our economic problems, it's obvious now that the real problem are the millions of teenage girls downloading britney spears albums (or who ever is in at the moment).

  3. Re:Oh, really? by houghi · · Score: 5, Funny

    It always reminds me of a friend who tells he saved 1EUR by running after the bus instead of taking it. I always say he is an idiot and he should run after a taxi. That way he would save much more.

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    Don't fight for your country, if your country does not fight for you.
  4. Re:Doh! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Furthermore, signaling is by AC signals

    I knew we were useful for something!