{"id":596,"date":"2007-02-01T12:32:33","date_gmt":"2007-02-01T17:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/index.php\/more-lies-from-the-digital-rights-mafia\/"},"modified":"2007-02-01T12:32:33","modified_gmt":"2007-02-01T17:32:33","slug":"more-lies-from-the-digital-rights-mafia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/more-lies-from-the-digital-rights-mafia\/","title":{"rendered":"More lies from the Digital Rights Mafia"},"content":{"rendered":"

A story over at InformationWeek raised our hackles a bit with the headline “Copyright Protection A Boom Business” followed by the summary saying, “Cracking down on piracy contributed to 6.6% of the U.S. gross domestic product in 2006, according to an industry lobbying group.” Just sounds like more typically inflated and ridiculous claims about piracy that regularly stream out from the content industry, which then get presented to legislators as reasons why we need more laws to bolster their aging business models. Just one problem, though: the facts of the story don’t support the headline at all.<\/p>\n

(from Techdirt<\/a>, Copy Protection A ‘Boom Business’, Except When It Isn’t<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Just more lies from the Digital Rights Mafia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A story over at InformationWeek raised our hackles a bit with the headline “Copyright Protection A Boom Business” followed by the summary saying, “Cracking down on piracy contributed to 6.6% of the U.S. gross domestic product in 2006, according to an industry lobbying group.” Just sounds like more typically inflated and ridiculous claims about piracy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-intellectual-property","category-music"],"yoast_head":"\nMore lies from the Digital Rights Mafia - Blackmoor Vituperative<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/more-lies-from-the-digital-rights-mafia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"More lies from the Digital Rights Mafia - Blackmoor Vituperative\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A story over at InformationWeek raised our hackles a bit with the headline “Copyright Protection A Boom Business” followed by the summary saying, “Cracking down on piracy contributed to 6.6% of the U.S. gross domestic product in 2006, according to an industry lobbying group.” Just sounds like more typically inflated and ridiculous claims about piracy […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/more-lies-from-the-digital-rights-mafia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Blackmoor Vituperative\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bblackmoor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bblackmoor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2007-02-01T17:32:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"bblackmoor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@https:\/\/twitter.com\/bblackmoor_\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@bblackmoor_\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"bblackmoor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackgate.net\\\/blog\\\/more-lies-from-the-digital-rights-mafia\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackgate.net\\\/blog\\\/more-lies-from-the-digital-rights-mafia\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"bblackmoor\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackgate.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/bb04cdbf863652f366c64e81805d6c4f\"},\"headline\":\"More lies from the Digital Rights Mafia\",\"datePublished\":\"2007-02-01T17:32:33+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackgate.net\\\/blog\\\/more-lies-from-the-digital-rights-mafia\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":124,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackgate.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/bb04cdbf863652f366c64e81805d6c4f\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Intellectual Property\",\"Music\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackgate.net\\\/blog\\\/more-lies-from-the-digital-rights-mafia\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackgate.net\\\/blog\\\/more-lies-from-the-digital-rights-mafia\\\/\",\"name\":\"More lies from the Digital Rights Mafia - Blackmoor Vituperative\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackgate.net\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2007-02-01T17:32:33+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackgate.net\\\/blog\\\/more-lies-from-the-digital-rights-mafia\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackgate.net\\\/blog\\\/more-lies-from-the-digital-rights-mafia\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackgate.net\\\/blog\\\/more-lies-from-the-digital-rights-mafia\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackgate.net\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"More lies from the Digital Rights Mafia\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackgate.net\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackgate.net\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Blackmoor Vituperative\",\"description\":\"But in the end it's only a passing thing, this shadow; 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