OECD The Latest To Show Lobbyists Exaggerate Losses Due To Piracy/Counterfeiting
from the lobbyists-exaggerate?-you-can't-be-serious... dept
Earlier this week we noted that the latest GAO report found that industry estimates of the impact of counterfeiting and piracy on the economy were greatly exaggerated, and now the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has come out with a similar report, noting not just that the numbers are exaggerated, but that the exaggeration was done by lobbyists to further political policies. No, really? The report does still say that counterfeiting and piracy is a problem -- but just that it's not nearly as big a problem as industry representatives would have you believe, and that industry reps might be better off not focusing so heavily on passing stronger intellectual property laws around the world. Not surprisingly, the very same lobbyists were quick to trash the OECD report, and even (you knew this was coming) claim that their estimates on piracy and counterfeiting were conservative. So here we have two non-industry groups with no reason for bias reporting that the "loss" numbers industry representatives claim are clearly bogus. Does this mean that the media will stop reporting the industry's totally unsupported numbers as if they were factual?Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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I am not a thief!
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Sarcasm, folks! Learn it! Love it!
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Re: Multi-Million Dollar Piracy Ring
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is-the-same.
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perhaps
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The Color Black Is Actually White
I think perhaps not enough people have evolved quite far enough to trust applied logic over rote memorization and maybe promotion of this phenomenon is the reason why schools used to require a lot of straight memorization but there were never any classes in logic.
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Lies, damned lies and statistics
Not every lost sale is a full-retail-price loss.
Not every full retail price is USA full retail prices.
And remember folks, 66.4% of all statistics are made up on the spot :)
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Now seriously would any one reall go see "Hot Fuzz" in the move theater for 10 dollars, fuck that. Now if its free, thats another story, I'll watch a shitty movie for free.
And also I've downloaded a movie that looked crappy then loved it then bought it on DVD.
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