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  i'm shocked its only 23.8% : filthysock
  • Still a lot of Linux isos filthysock : ZenzenTen
  • they must not be counting pirated porn : pyrogen
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  wtf. slide 3 of the pdf... : d0pamine
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    Best pie chart. : Chod
    • No, these are the best pie charts; http://www.27bslash6.com/p2p2.html : Mr. Goodwrench
    • I like this one too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_J8QU1m0Ng : surround
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    For people that hate PDFs: http://www.shackpics.com/files/THEINTERNET_e9klcuo1l5wo0mvduquh.png : Halen
    • that's awesome : filthysock
    • Dammit! I hate when charts don't include a legend! : SolveChrist
  • lol that is a fantastic pie chart : riptyde
  • 100% the whole thing? : Vincenoir
• Information should be free, yo : Magus
• In other news, 76% of global internet traffic involves pornography. : thetangent
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  "More than 17 percent of domestic Internet traffic infringes on copyrights, with BitTorrent responsible f : umegastar
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    Filelocker sites like Rapidshare and video streaming sites. : Crimsonbeak
    • I see it's on the bottom of the pdf. I still feel torrenting would be much higher than those other, co... : umegastar
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    You mean what's the other 16%? 9% of 17% is like... 1.5% of total : Code RedBeard
    • Well they quote it wrong but I understand what they meant and continued using their way to put the number... : umegastar
    • Yeah, I don't think they meant it that way. : action wombmate
  • Newsservers? : Slowtreme
  • Usenet mirrors could easily account for the 8%. I've been getting large linux ISOs from usenet the same ... : spazzium
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  In other news, 76.2% of the internet's bandwidth is used for porn. : Geoffrois
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    I would wager that a significant portion of that "bittorrent" traffic is for porn as well. : jimmy_legs
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      they say 35% of torrents are porn : umegastar
      • I was just kidding, we all know 99.999% of the internet's bandwidth is for porn, the other fraction is fo... : Geoffrois
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  Since piracy isn't going away, what's the solution? Total reformation of copyright law and how content cr... : ColoradoCNC
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    Performance artists are just going to go back to being poor. : SockMonkeh
    • ^ I think this will happen, at least for music. : crummynz
    • You mean - performance artists are just going to stay poor. : SnakeIRye
    • Performance Recording Artists. You can't pirate the experience of being at a show (well, it's a few deca... : Vantage
  • There's nothing to figure out, it's not a problem that can be solved. Content providers can make it l... : MagicWishMonkey
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    Anyone knows what % of the sales of an album goes to the artists? : umegastar
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      Depends upon their contract. Most groups start out at under 5c per CD sale. : LoioshDwaggie
      • Yeah, I think even established bands get maybe $1/cd. Touring is where the money is. : riptyde
      • Don't forget the breakage fees, interest on the loan to record the album, marketing, etc. On average, wri... : steauengeglase
  • Solved? No. But it can be minimized through ease of purchase (itunes0 and the occasional prosecution. But... : DialDforDan
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    Live performances and cellphone jammers : Slowtreme
    • Wow, it will be just like prison, only fewer octogenarian gospel acts. : steauengeglase
  • I think you are seeing a lot fewer risks being taken by studios. More sequels, more emphasis on franchis... : Wheatloaf
  • Let major content corporations control all major ISPs, lmao too late that just happened! : crazywigga
  • Whoever solves it isn't going to make a dime, so no one is going to bother solving it. : roushimsx
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    Stop spending money on DRM and anti-piracy controls (since pirates will always beat them), and use that e... : riptyde
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      I would rather buy cheap mp3s from amazon than pirate them. : dognose
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        I haven't pirated music since subscribing to Rhapsody nearly 6 years ago. I still have my 30gb collection... : MagicWishMonkey
        • Pretty much the same for me. Once I was able to get songs at a reasonable price through iTunes I stopped ... : ColoradoCNC
      • This is it. I just hope the artist gets a larger cut. : steauengeglase
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      that doesn't work, look at the world of goo pay what you want trial. : stgdz
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        World of Goo is a shitty example, I own three copies of it on two different platforms and I've never spen... : MagicWishMonkey
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          how is it a shitty example? They took out the DRM and people still pirated it, people could spend a penn... : stgdz
          • I guess I worded that poorly, it's not a shitty example, but you can't point to that one example to prove : MagicWishMonkey
      • maybe try it with a game I actually want to play : kill9
    • This and improving the global economy so more people have disposable income so more people are doing the ... : Dr_Cube
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    It's never possible to stamp out piracy completely, you can only force it to go further underground, but ... : BarrowWight
    • too late: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501465_162-20027837-501465.html : the archvile
  • Content creators end up selling directly to their audience and the content middlemen go mad suing everyon... : Beady
  • sounds like movie content needs to get revisited, like MP3s did during the napster revolution. apparen... : Downforce
  • It wasn't so long ago that artists didn't make a whole lot of money and were supported by patrons, govern... : edgewise
  • Frankly, I'll have to just say "Deal With It." I'm still not convinced in any way that a large percent... : cetra00
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    There's a reason Steam, Netflix and Spotify are doing great. : Hemtroll
    • Yeah, they offer a better and more convenient service. I seriously love Valve for realising pirates offer... : node
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    The first part of your first statement is unsupported. In theory this is a solved problem. The mathema... : uncleanmonkey
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      Ultimately, the problem isn't really technical. The public knows that there is almost zero effort to copy... : terath
      • You're not being charged for replication cost, you're being charged for production cost. When you go to t... : uncleanmonkey
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    Data limits for traffic not from recognized digital distribution servers. : Cliffzorz
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      Fucks small business, so no. : terath
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        Perhaps make it a simple or cheap authentication process to become "recognized"? : Cliffzorz
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          Internationally? Sounds impossible to me. Your solution is a technical one, but most problems are not tec... : terath
          • Yeah, the recognized distributer thing would be very difficult to implement on such a scale. : Cliffzorz
    • eg. Downloading from iTunes, Steam, amazon, XBL, etc. would not count towards a download limit, whereas d... : Cliffzorz
• "Commissioned by NBCUniversal" : Empyric
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  I thought 80% or all traffic was spam. : Dynotaku
  • i guess some amount must be pirated spam : delataur
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  Cool, because BitTorrent traffic is 100% pirated data. : Kylegar
  • bittorrent is such a sexy algorithm : gyokuro
  • its not ???? : doomed
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    half of all BitTorrent traffic is WoW patches : Clay
    • I lol'd at this. :) : HL3dsx
  • theres a BIG difference between 99% and 100%. you should have just said 99% and that would have been much... : gyokuro
  • I read something recently that said 97% of traffic on bittorrent is pirated software, and my first though... : riptyde
  • half of it is linux distros : hanged_man
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  Since Steam, iTunes and Netflix my pirating days have dwindled down to next to nothing. They offer produc... : jayares
  • good for you : gyokuro
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    cool reasoning bro : VivaMachete
    • honestly though, that's the trend the industry wants to see and that's the most effective way to fight pi... : EvilDolemite
    • his reasons for quitting piracy are wrong! they are not pure enough! rage! : MamiyaOtaru
  • I say there's a 23.8% you're full of shit! Dirty pirate. : Cubictoast
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    This is pretty much it, though iTunes is debatable. : graceofdragons
    • Same. Substitute that with AmazonMp3 which is almost always cheaper, plus they have daily / monthly deals... : K1Bond007
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    I have always said, and will continue to say, that the vast majority (like 75%) of people who pirate are ... : ovrlrd
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      I know a lot of affluent friends who pirate because they can. Movies, software games. : Dave-A
      • I still argue that they are not the majority of pirates. : ovrlrd
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      That's why things like the humble bundle (that you could buy online for 1 cent if you wanted to) still go... : uncleanmonkey
      • I already said there is people who will always choose to pirate because they can. I still argue that it's... : ovrlrd
  • Same here. You just grow out of it with the help of good services. : umegastar
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  Does the study break down exactly what content is being spread by torrents? Many people assume that it's... : TwiLyght
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    it looks like movies are hit the hardest, movies (porn plus regular "films") seem to be 71%. the games ... : Downforce
    • The reason why is because TV and Movies are by far the most underserved in terms of digital on demand con... : ovrlrd
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  Hmmm. Page 8. What content is torrented most. Console games aren't that far behind PC games. I honestly t... : Dr_Cube
  • PC game piracy has gone down a lot ever since digital download services became a real means for them. Now... : ovrlrd
  • Nobody can afford a Pirate Gaming PC mate! : Jimbo Ro
• Interesting split between console vs. pc game piracy on torrents. I would have expected PC to be several... : Perturbation
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  That's very misleading. Is BT traffic 11.4% of total or 11.4% of the digital theft.
  
  The way it's worded also strongly implies that all BT traffic is a form of digital theft. Considering how widespread BT-like downloading techniques are becoming on many gaming platforms (ie: Blizzard downloader, etc.) this is a VERY misleading number.

  Feb 01, 2011 5:06am PST
  That's very misleading. Is BT traffic 11.4% of total or 11.4% of the digital theft. The way it's word... : daggot