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Re: AP article on MPAA mistake (fwd)
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:34:43 -0800
________________________________________ From: Armando Stettner [apstettner () gmail com] On Behalf Of Armando Stettner [aps () ieee org] Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 1:32 PM To: David Farber Subject: Re: [IP] AP article on MPAA mistake (fwd) Hi David. IP'ers will no doubt remember the 2003 paper "Analysis of Security Vulnerabilities in the Movie Production and Distribution Process" by Byers, Cranor, Kormann, McDaniel, and Cronin conclusion that "[o]f the 285 movie samples we examined, 77% appear to have been leaked originally by industry insiders." armando Begin forwarded message:
From: David Farber <dave () farber net> Date: January 23, 2008 8:40:09 AM EST To: "ip" <ip () v2 listbox com> Subject: [IP] AP article on MPAA mistake (fwd) Reply-To: dave () farber net Begin forwarded message: From: chodge5 () utk edu Date: January 23, 2008 8:38:15 AM EST To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net> Subject: [CIO] AP article on MPAA mistake (fwd) This was sent out on the CIO list by Mark Luker, EDUCAUSE VP (and their point person for file sharing). http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5j33CBI8sUdc5ni7RlxSj5SIEc2mwD8UB6S0O2 In a 2005 study it commissioned, the Motion Picture Association of America claimed that 44 percent of the industry's domestic losses came from illegal downloading of movies by college students, who often have access to high-bandwidth networks on campus. The MPAA has used the study to pressure colleges to take tougher steps to prevent illegal file-sharing and to back legislation currently before the House of Representatives that would force them to do so. But now the MPAA, which represents the U.S. motion picture industry, has told education groups a "human error" in that survey caused it to get the number wrong. It now blames college students for about 15 percent of revenue loss. ------------------------------------------- Archives: http://v2.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: http://v2.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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