From the daily archives: Friday, May 29, 2009

Filesharing Costs: Dubious Figures Making the Rounds Again

By Rufus Pollock On May 29, 2009 · 1 Comment

The BBC ran a story yesterday headlined “Seven million ‘use illegal files’”. Its bolded first paragraph stated:

Around seven million people in the UK are involved in illegal downloads, costing the economy tens of billions of pounds, government advisers say. [emphasis added]

7 million people involved in unauthorised file-sharing is possible, but costs of [...]

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