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MPAA admits mistake on downloading study - Yahoo News
Topic: Industries 12:36 pm EST, Jan 23, 2008

Hollywood laid much of the blame for illegal movie downloading on college students. Now, it says its math was wrong.
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In a 2005 study it commissioned, the Motion Picture Association of America claimed that 44 percent of the industry's domestic losses came from illegal downloading of movies by college students, who often have access to high-bandwidth networks on campus.

The MPAA has used the study to pressure colleges to take tougher steps to prevent illegal file-sharing and to back legislation currently before the House of Representatives that would force them to do so.

But now the MPAA, which represents the U.S. motion picture industry, has told education groups a "human error" in that survey caused it to get the number wrong. It now blames college students for about 15 percent of revenue loss.

Terry Hartle, vice president of the American Council on Education, which represents higher education in Washington, said the mistakes showed the entertainment industry has unfairly targeted college campuses.

MPAA admits mistake on downloading study - Yahoo News



 
 
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