Feds Question Big Media's Piracy Claims

WrongSizeGlass writes "CNET is reporting that the GAO's study of big media's piracy claims has raised some questions. (Here are the study's summary, highlights [PDF], and full report [PDF].) 'After spending a year studying how piracy and illegal counterfeiting affects the United States, the Government Accountability Office says it still doesn't know for sure.... The GAO said that most of the published information, anecdotal evidence, and records show that piracy is a drag on the US economy, tax revenue, and in some cases potentially threatens national security and public health. But the problem is, according to the GAO, the data used to quantify piracy isn't reliable.'"

Comments

what the GAO thinks piracy is...

[DragonTHC]

I'm glad the GAO is treating piracy as what it is. Downloading of content from the Internet for personal consumption is not piracy.

creating physical media copies of infringed content IS one form of piracy.

I'm glad the GAO actually takes seriously the real threats posed by counterfeiting of goods like pharmaceuticals and luxury items.