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So is this what the doubling of GCHQ's budget is going to be used for? Protecting against the piracy of various novels and movies? I thought it was to stop ter

by mtgx 11y ago

So is this what the doubling of GCHQ's budget is going to be used for? Protecting against the piracy of various novels and movies? I thought it was to stop terrorism or something like that. Silly me.

alfiedotwtf 11y ago
With the money that the series has generated, it's probably gone over some threshold to consider it a "national security" issue.
- chris_wot 11y ago
  I think that's highly unlikely.
  - alfiedotwtf 11y ago
    The NSA intervened during an Airbus tender worth $6 Billion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECHELON#Concerns Harry Potter generated revenue: over $24 Billion: http://www.statisticbrain.com/total-harry-potter-franchise-revenue/ "National security" is money.
    - chris_wot 11y ago
      In that case, I stand corrected.