Australian Government Calls BS On Bogus Copyright Industry 'Losses'
from the about-freakin'-time dept
We've spent years complaining about the completely bogus stats put out by the likes of the BSA, the RIAA and MPAA about just how much "piracy" is costing them. These stats usually make a few really bad assumptions, such as the idea that every unauthorized copy is a lost sale. They also fail to take into account any promotional impact of the material. More recently, the MPAA has expanded on the already bogus stats by claiming that they're even bigger because you need to take into account the ripple effect of the losses through other industries that support the movie industry. Of course, they conveniently ignore that (a) this is double counting and (b) those ripple effects counterbalance themselves by making more money available for other parts of the economy. The most unfortunate part about all these bogus numbers, however, is that they're continually quoted in the press and by government officials as if they're factual when they're highly misleading.That's why it's great to see this following bit of news, submitted by Greg Nelson. Apparently, the Australian government has done its own research into some of these numbers and the draft version of the report has found them to be a bunch of "self-serving hyperbole" that fail to explain clearly how these numbers are anything real. In fact, the report calls the numbers "absurd." Specifically, they claim the numbers are "unverified and epistemologically unreliable." They then worry about "the potentially unqualified use of these statistics in courts of law," which is already pretty common. They also found that, despite repeated claims about a connection, there is no known connection between unauthorized file sharing and organized crime. It's a bit surprising to see such bold statements out of a government document -- and already the agency putting this together says it's just a draft by a consultant, and suggests that the language will be toned down. In fact, they say that the language in the report is "hyperbolic" which is exactly how the report describes the copyright industry's claims. Meanwhile, the industry representatives themselves brush off these accusations as if it's a to-may-to/to-mah-to difference: "They're entitled to say they're not convinced, but not necessarily entitled to say it's unverified." Of course, he doesn't say who verified the numbers or how they were really verified.
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VIVE LE RESISTANCE
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Are Eyes Finally Being Opened?
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Want accurate stats?
For the humor impared, no, I'm not serious.
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Australia
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On topic though, how could file-sharing possibly be related to organized crime as implied or stated by the industry? Yeah, there are some organized pirate groups but the common concept of organized crime is the Mafia. The Mafia's goals are money and power, rules be damned. So how could free file sharing possibly be of interest to the Mafia? Does it help them sell that shipment of stolen iPods?
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I got
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yep
Dont remember who that quote is from but it applies. A statistic is usually a mathematically derived fact representing something. So the statistics are probably 100% perfect mathematical representations of whatever the liar wants to prove.
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Re: Are Eyes Finally Being Opened?
as for it being organized crime - from what I know, not in the US, but it is to a degree in the mid-east and asia. not exactly like Al Capone blowing up bars that dont want his liquor, but I do understand that software pirates openly sell hacked/cracked software right on the street corner.
aside from a new name and organization, I dont doubt that these "authorities" include the excessive legal costs, limo's and fancy cars they drive to court for these cases, a few million dollars for "margin of error", etc...
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Microsoft became wildly successful because people
The "I'll collect every cent for you" mentality is due to the influx of legal and accounting folks into these companies. That influx occurs when companies go into the consolidation of business phases. The accountants and lawyers have to pay for their own costs; however, they really piss off the public in doing so. Countless companies have gone through the same processes; e.g. Datapoint Corp was making money hand over fist until the control freaks showed up and started insisting that all the demo machines extant be accounted for. From then on the slippery slope got steeper.
Piracy isn't piracy until there is an egregious instance of someone making profits off the appropriation of a company's "intellectual property", IMHO. After all, there are no damages until profits can be shown to have been accrued. All other "profits" are assumed, and you know what that means................
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wow. this is startling news.
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He's a very naughty boy
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...THERE IS A GOD!
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BSAA Stats
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Re: Want accurate stats?
The IRS (in the US) is rather good a not allowing bs deductions. I would also force the RIAA and the like to prove they own the copywrites. I have had dealing with the IRS and they look at methodology as well as the numbers.
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Give information about BS program
SIr please give me all information about BS in computer secinec program, whats its admision fees and how can i take admision in BS, I have done DAE 3 years diploma program from sindh bord education and aslo prepared for give ILETS program.
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