In this entertaining TED presentation Rob Reid attempts to break down and rationalise the numbers that the studios typically throw at us to convince us that copyright infringement is a big issue. In doing so he discovers that copyright infringement costs the film and tv crowd more jobs than the industry actually has available and has a financial cost that is greater than what much of the agricultural sector can produce.
Astoundingly he goes on to show that many of the industries concerned about piracy are continuing to grow, suggesting that piracy may not be the deadly killer we have been lead to believe that it is.
Crucially though this presentation is aimed more at the funny bone than the brain. While it's good for a giggle it would not be terribly surprising if the numbers didn't actually stack up.
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