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

Though the episode is rather good, the interesting thing about this release is that a pre-ripped iTunes compatible movie file comes on the DVD. And, Fox plans on releasing more this way. This sounds like a way for the studios to circumvent Apple distribution channels and beef up DVD sales. There are still DRM restrictions like iTunes only, and only one iTunes library per DVD.

Just announced at Macworld, Twentieth Century Fox today released the studio's first Special Edition DVD with Digital Copy for iTunes®, the Family Guy “Star Wars” parody FAMILY GUY PRESENTS: BLUE HARVEST – in stores now. Consumers who purchase BLUE HARVEST with the additional Digital Copy of the movie can effortlessly transfer a copy of the film to their iTunes library and then view on a Mac® or PC, iPod®, iPhone™ or on Apple TV®.

In addition to today’s release of BLUE HARVEST, Fox is planning to deliver many more Special Edition DVDs with Digital Copy for iTunes this year including the March 11 release of HITMAN, the stylish, edgy action film starring Timothy Olyphant and Dougray Scott.

The new iTunes Digital Copy provides a consumer friendly way to transfer a DVD purchase to a user’s iTunes library. Once a customer buys the DVD, they insert into their computer, enter a unique code into iTunes and iTunes automatically copies the movie to their iTunes library within minutes. Customers own the iTunes Digital Copy of the movies and it has all of the same great viewing options as other iTunes Store video content, including the ability to be viewed on a computer, iPod, iPhone and Apple TV. Each DVD will only transfer its iTunes Digital Copy to one iTunes library.

Just Announced ... The First DVD With Digital Copy For iTunes: FAMILY GUY PRESENTS: BLUE HARVEST - BusinessWire