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Anybody else catch this delicious tidbit? > Unpublished research carried out on behalf of the European Commission at a cost of $400,000 suggests that unauthori
by EdSharkey 8y ago
Anybody else catch this delicious tidbit?
> Unpublished research carried out on behalf of the European Commission at a cost of $400,000 suggests that unauthorized uploads are not a pressing problem: "In general, the results do not show robust statistical evidence of displacement of sales by online copyright infringements."
Unpublished, eh? Sounds like a whistleblower in the bureaucracy is trying to torpedo this turd. Pretty weak attempt though. Next, leak some memos or emails showing government apparatchiks plotting against citizen dissenters who've used clever memes against them and then we've got a bombshell story! ;)
- captnWillard 8y agoThe bullshit piled up so fast in Vietnam you needed wings to stay above it.
- c3o 8y agoNot a whistleblower, a member of the European Parliament with FOIA requests: https://juliareda.eu/2017/09/secret-copyright-infringement-study/ https://juliareda.eu/2017/09/secret-copyright-infringement-s...
- EdSharkey 8y agoLaudable citizen action!