The Ridiculousness of Copyright Numbers

This excellent TED talk by Rob Reid puts the lie to the ridiculous numbers that entertainment industry moguls use to justify their legal war on file sharing - The $8 Billion iPod http://www.ted.com/talks/rob_reid_the_8_billion_ipod.html

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