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CardJoe · 24th Jan 2008, 07:31

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/01...s_sums_wrong/1

The Motion Picture Association of America has released a statement coughing to 'human error' in a 2005 report almost tripling the claimed losses caused by file-sharing students.

rhuitron · 24th Jan 2008, 08:40

Opppps my ass!

That was just a shock jock moment.
Just to make the world believe they really are useful and save all the Picture associations millions.
and that they should continue their useless crusade and bust peoples doors down.

I hate them.

mmorgue · 24th Jan 2008, 08:43

Hmm. The original research report claimed that the MPAA lost $6.1 billion per year due to piracey over the webbernet.

So if the original percentage of 44% for illegal downloads was incorrect, how are the MPAA going to support their $6.1 billion loss figure? Or was that a relational figure?

I really do want to see how they work the spin on this..

cyrilthefish · 24th Jan 2008, 09:19

And they're *STILL* using the old 1 download = 1 lost sale argument

which is just blatantly wrong, i can guarantee that somehow they suddenly found some way to completely block *all* downloads, sales would only increase by a small fraction of the download numbers...

DXR_13KE · 24th Jan 2008, 10:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by cyrilthefish

And they're *STILL* using the old 1 download = 1 lost sale argument

which is just blatantly wrong, i can guarantee that somehow they suddenly found some way to completely block *all* downloads, sales would only increase by a small fraction of the download numbers...

during some time and then plummet like a rock attracted by a black hole that lies in a abyss somewhere........

there must be some kind of law you Americans can use to screw them.... they lied about the values.... and if they cant add how do they think they can defend the industry from clie..... pirates?

bahgger · 24th Jan 2008, 11:25

Man, if they were in the business of engineering components in any system, this kind of error could mean a plane dropping out of the sky, a train careening off a track, or a PC crashing when you run Crysis ;(

DXR_13KE · 24th Jan 2008, 13:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by bahgger

Man, if they were in the business of engineering components in any system, this kind of error could mean a plane dropping out of the sky, a train careening off a track, or a PC crashing when you run Crysis ;(

with a mistake like that your airplane could crash simply because they designed the tooth picks......

Vash-HT · 24th Jan 2008, 16:14

I agree with other people, ""human error" probably actually means intentionally inflated for personal profit. The way they usually figure out these losses seem flawed in the first place. Most companies seem to assume that every person who downloaded it for free would have bought it if they weren't able to download it, but that's completely untrue imo.

24th Jan 2008, 07:31	#1
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24th Jan 2008, 08:40	#2
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24th Jan 2008, 08:43	#3
mmorgue Supermodder Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Mos Eisley, in the bar... Posts: 378	Hmm. The original research report claimed that the MPAA lost $6.1 billion per year due to piracey over the webbernet. So if the original percentage of 44% for illegal downloads was incorrect, how are the MPAA going to support their $6.1 billion loss figure? Or was that a relational figure? I really do want to see how they work the spin on this.. Last edited by mmorgue; 24th Jan 2008 at 08:52.

24th Jan 2008, 09:19	#4
cyrilthefish Hypermodder Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: UK Posts: 839	And they're STILL using the old 1 download = 1 lost sale argument which is just blatantly wrong, i can guarantee that somehow they suddenly found some way to completely block all downloads, sales would only increase by a small fraction of the download numbers... __________________ AMD Phenom x3 720 @ 3.4Ghz \| Gigabyte GA-MA785GMT-UD2H \| 4GB DDR3 \| ATI 4890 1GB\| 1TB Samsung F1 \| 64GB Corsair P64 SSD

24th Jan 2008, 11:25	#6
bahgger Supermodder Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 585	Man, if they were in the business of engineering components in any system, this kind of error could mean a plane dropping out of the sky, a train careening off a track, or a PC crashing when you run Crysis ;(

24th Jan 2008, 16:14	#8
Vash-HT Multimodder Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chicago Posts: 193	I agree with other people, ""human error" probably actually means intentionally inflated for personal profit. The way they usually figure out these losses seem flawed in the first place. Most companies seem to assume that every person who downloaded it for free would have bought it if they weren't able to download it, but that's completely untrue imo.