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• Gary61 commented on MPAA admits to lying about college downloading
  They LIED about misleading. They LIED when they call it 'entertainment'. They LIED when they said 'we're sorry'. They LIED when they said 'CD's will last forever.' They LIED when they said Britney was the best thing since sliced bread. They LIED when they said there were no bigfoots (bigfeets?) on Mars. They LIED when they said 'bigger, better, tastier.' Isn't just about ALL advertisement some form of lying? And then to hear a bunch of lawyers are lying ... well, I'm not surprised....
• Wingo commented on MPAA admits to lying about college downloading
  How the hell do they come up with that ridiculous data in the first place? How can anyone determine the formula for causality where X amount of movies downloaded by group Y = Z total dollars 'lost'. It sounds like a weird farce. I can't even imagine how they come up with even slightly accurate figures on how many movies are being 'illegally download', let alone by a specific group. And how they equate that to lost sales is a whole other story in itself. To me, they've been more or less making these figures up from the get-go. 44%,...
• Georgia Tills commented on MPAA admits to lying about college downloading
  What a bunch of idiots. Campuses set download limits because it's a shared network, you download too much, you get a warning, and then your internet gets CUT OFF. (University of Toronto)...
• gd23 commented on MPAA admits to lying about college downloading
  #3 I saw the fnords and all I got was this lousy post. And some cheap hoffman lenses. In other news, I also lost a couple million today when dirty college kids didn't buy my stuff either. Dirty college kids....
• Teresa Nielsen Hayden commented on MPAA admits to lying about college downloading
  Citrusfreak, no matter how clearly they appear to have been lying, they'll never say so unless forced to do it. My impression is that it would open the door to additional legal action. Gary61, not all advertising is lying. We have to remember that fact. It's what allows us to be indignant about the ads that do lie. GD23, you have a great future writing DEA press releases....