Internet capacity alarmism is a corporatist scam
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| The Daily Kos bogger writes, "When big figures like $137 billion start
| getting tossed around, it is always worth looking at the vital
| question... 'Who would benefit?' Sure enough, the article includes part of
| the answer."
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2007/11/26/internet-capacity-alarmism
Just like some people inflate figures about losses to copyright infringement.
See:
"Infringement Nation: Copyright Reform and the Law/Norm Gap"
http://www.turnergreen.com/publications/Tehranian_Infringement_Nation.pdf
Related:
Piracy figures are inflated say criminologists
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| A DRAFT REPORT by the Australian Institute of Criminology says
| copyright holders are making up piracy figures in order to sway
| governments to their side.
|
| [...]
|
| Malik added that either these statistics should be withdrawn or the
| purveyors of these statistics must supply valid and transparent
| substantiation. However it looks like the report is set to be watered
| down. Since the draft has been made public, the BSAA has had a hissy
| fit.
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| Now Institute principal criminologist Russell Smith said the report was
| "an early draft" that was "being edited" by the agency.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=35580
Knowledge Networks pays $300,000 to settle internal copyright complaint
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| Analyst firm Knowledge Networks has agreed to pay $300,000 to settle a
| complaint that it distributed news articles to its employees without
| permission of the copyright owners, a trade group announced Thursday.
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http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/08/16/Firm-settles-internal-copyright-complaint_1.html
Chinese firm claims World of Warcraft 'stole fonts'
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| Chinese IT firm Founder Electronics Co. claims it lost more than one billion
| yuan (132 million dollars) through the unauthorised use of five of its fonts
| in the multiplayer role-playing game, Xinhua news agency said late Thursday.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070816/ennew_afp/lifestyleentertainment
An Open Letter to Members of the RIAA
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| The problem with the CRB ruling of last March is primarily that the copyright
| rate issued will dramatically be in excess of the gross revenue of 90% of all
| webcasters operating in the United States.
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http://www.dailytech.com/An+Open+Letter+to+Members+of+the+RIAA/article8435.htm
The Land of "Nothing for free"
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| I was down there to give a talk on "Open Source Business Models"
| for a conference. Also represented were entertainment industry
| lawyers, "Big Telecom" management, and a smattering of software
| people. Microsoft was there of course. You can't hold a church
| fete with "Open Source" on the banner these days without Microsoft
| turning up and requesting representation. At least we also had
| Bruce Perens on our side to help make up the balance. The venue
| eas an unbelievably expensive hotel. Even though I was on
| expenses I balked at asking the company to pay for a room
| there and found something cheaper (not by much) a few miles
| down the road.
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http://samba.org/samba/news/articles/low_point/column11.html
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