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The $8 billion iPod | Rob Reid

TED · talk · Watch on YouTube

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What it is

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.

Why Hacker News recommends it

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

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2012, last 2026

What HN commenters said

  1. “Rob Reid did a funny 5min TED Talk on this”

    Funny five-minute talk on absurd piracy damage figures

    DavidNielsen, 2018-03 · Recommendation · in “Kim Dotcom wins battle in ongoing fight against U.S. extradition”

  2. “It's a funny TED talk on”

    Funny TED talk on copyright math

    omoikane, 2023-02 · Recommendation · in “Getty Images Is Suing Stable Diffusion for a Staggering $1.8T”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: copyright, piracy, ted talk, humor, industry lobbying

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