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750,000 lost jobs? The dodgy digits behind the war on piracy (2008) (arstechnica.com)
34 points by alexkay on June 24, 2010 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments



Uhoh, someone actually paused to ask the right questions.

Stats, stats and damned lies.

As with everything, I want to be able to follow the source. If you don't know, don't quote :\ (that the media feeds on this stuff with out asking the questions Ars has in this article is even worse).


And we're making policy on the basis of our ignorance.

Isn't that what politics is all about?




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