"exaggerated headlines gets people’s attention; so why not just make numbers up? "<small class="meta"><span class="alignleft"> - Barry Sookman</span></small><br><br>Ahh, so that's where those ridiculous claims of 'losses' come from!<br>
<br><br>On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 1:09 PM, Brian McNeil <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:brian.mcneil@wikinewsie.org">brian.mcneil@wikinewsie.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">On Tue, 2009-12-08 at 19:14 +0000, Philip Hunt wrote:<br>
> 2009/12/8 Edison Carter <<a href="mailto:the.real.edison.carter@gmail.com">the.real.edison.carter@gmail.com</a>>:<br>
> > Interesting though; if they do get the full fine can the CRIA then claim<br>
> > that they "lost $6bn due to piracy" ?<br>
> ><br>
> > Well, technically it would be true...<br>
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</div>I emailed several people for comment on this. From the 'industry' side I<br>
was referred to this:<br>
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<a href="http://www.barrysookman.com/2009/12/08/geist-inflates-pending-lists-claim-to-vilify-record-labels/" target="_blank">http://www.barrysookman.com/2009/12/08/geist-inflates-pending-lists-claim-to-vilify-record-labels/</a><br>
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The BIO on his sight (misspelt deliberately; that green is offensive)<br>
might be worth Mr Stallman's ire...<br>
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<a href="http://www.barrysookman.com/about/" target="_blank">http://www.barrysookman.com/about/</a><br>
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And Mr Sookman? For the five plus years Google News has been running,<br>
there is one entry; a recent one.<br>
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