[IP] Re: AP article on MPAA mistake (fwd)

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

________________________________________
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.
>
>
>
>
> -------------------------------------------
>

-------------------------------------------