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Rob Reid Mocks Inflated Copyright Loss Calculations

TED · Talk · 5 min · 2012 · YouTube title: The $8 billion iPod | Rob Reid
Why it's here

HN links it in piracy and copyright-lawsuit threads as a funny short demonstration of how inflated industry damage figures are.

What it covers

A five-minute TED talk by Rob Reid, who introduces Copyright Math, applying entertainment-industry piracy loss claims to produce absurd totals such as an $8 billion iPod.