The Motion Picture Association of America admitted last Wednesday that it overestimated the financial impact of illegal file sharing among college students, wrongfully blaming students for 44 percent of its losses. The MPAA has since readjusted that number to 15 percent. In 2005 the MPAA reported a loss of $6.1 billion because of illegal movie downloading and file sharing, most of which they claimed was the fault of college students. However the losses are now heavily attributed to piracy overseas. The MPAA explained that the miscalculation of student piracy was simply due to human error. Read more from the Brown Daily Herald Read more from Penn State University |
