Fascinating TED Talk about piracy
It is very interesting that their claims of loss are far more than they ever made as an industry.
I mean, if you only ever made $58 billion (pfft! Only? Who am I kidding? I'd be HAPPY with even $5 million!)... But back to the story. So, each iPod owner could have $8 Billion in piracy?
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Engadget says iPod is sold to around 275,000,000 people. So, let's do a bit of math here. At $8,000,000,000 times 275,000,000 users, we have:
$2,200,000,000,000,000,000 That's not billion, or even trillion, or even quadrillion in losses here. That's 2.2 QUINTILLION in losses! Wow!
The USA has in total, only a few trillions of dollars of debt. This is far more than that! Should criminals like the RIAA still be in office, seeing their lies exposed in such a manner? If they are losing (potentially) $2.2 quintillion in lost profits, why, they don't even make but $58 or so BILLION before all this happens. Their math doesn't add up.
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Ummmm.... Anyone else see something wrong here, besides a little greed?
I have no nice words for the RIAA/MPAA. They're greedy as all heck.
If they are losing (potentially) $2.2 quintillion in lost profits, why, they don't even make but $58 or so BILLION before all this happens. Their math doesn't add up.
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Ummmm.... Anyone else see something wrong here, besides a little greed?
Umm yeah, someone also stole the RIAA's trusty calculator!
I love & treasure my iPod I had no idea it was worth $8,000,000,000
I have a zune..
I have a philips MP3 player... No iTunes complicated DRM'd too death problems for me! No worthless iTunes background processes, nor worthless Bonjour & other apps installed along with Apple Bloatware...
I love my Zune and it's Zune Software for the computer. It's so much better than iTunes for windows! Luckily, the RIAA is only after those wicket iPod owners....
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Wicket was totally not a typo and I regret nothing!
Winapp2 is really Wicket the Ewok... it's true!! He even has a hat on !!
I wear ewok hats now.
