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Piracy cost the UK games sector £1.5 billion in 2010

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kat:
And a bit more news on ACS Law from PCPro again
--- Quote ---The now defunct law firm, which became infamous for speculatively invoicing people accused of sharing copyrighted material online, faces seven charges at a Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal hearing.
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kat:
According to an article on Develop Online, games related piracy in the UK has climbed by around 20% since 2006. - figures are based on a report produced by an 'anti-piracy' company Envisional - not sure if this is the same report but it makes for interesting reading "Technical report: An Estimate of Infringing Use of the Internet" (PDF).

kat:
How is the industry going to work out a proper solution to piracy when they can't (read that as "won't") release any meaningful figures for it? Develop mentions some number in this article but cannot corroborate them because the source isn't verifying the data. If it's all correct (approx 18 million downloads across five games) then it equates to approximately $400 million US dollars of revenue lost to piracy. You'd think those numbers were big enough to justify pulling out the proverbial fingers and publishing verifiable data instead of generic hyperbole...

Industry: "We've had loads of games nicked"
Users: "Oh? How many exactly?"
Industry: "Our figures say 'loads'"
Users: "No figures? Numbers? Money lost?"
Industry: "Oh yes.. 'lots'"
Users: ... >_<

kat:
Who would have thought the NewZealand Courts would deem Megaupload search warrants illegal (according to ITPro). The Judge has to be given huge amounts of Kudos for standing by Law (and not condoning what MegaUpload was accused of) in the face of the US authorities bullying tactics - it surprising that US authorities said they were not surprised by the outcome which could lead on to think they knowingly filed incorrect paperwork on this, which seems a little odd.

kat:
Via Wired magazine. Apparently the numbers associated with piracy are being over-reported (and publicly undocumented it should be noted) by the industry; the reality, whilst still being significant, is not nearly what's touted by the media and press - actual study can be found here (PDF)

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