In this five-minute TED TV talk, self-professed copyright mathematician and author Rob Reid debunks some of the entertainment industry’s bolder claims about copyright theft. Did you know, for example, that a standard iPod can apparently hold $80 billion of pirated music?
The entertainment industry’s extravagant furphies
In this five-minute TED TV talk, self-professed copyright mathematician and author Rob Reid debunks some of the entertainment industry’s bolder claims about copyright theft. Did you know, for example, that a standard iPod can apparently hold $80 billion of pirated music?
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A question for the MPAA then: How much does the $80 billion ‘worth’ of pirated music cost if one obtains it legitimately? And if this isn’t parity with the 80 etc, then why? Because the music industry is spending a lot on high priced lawyers nose habits? That’s a silly argument, right, but no sillier than the claim of 80 billion on an iPod.
Sorry, only 8 billion. My bad for using your opening paragraph. But next years will.
Ahhh I think you might have missed the point of the talk Meski.
Great talk, excellent use of satire to present a point.
Possibly I should have watched it first, 2Dogs. 🙂