[LINK] $60 million music piracy operation

[James Pearce]

> >Federal Police arrest three in $60 million music piracy operation
>  >The Australian Federal Police have charged three people with copyright
> offences following the search of four premises in Sydney yesterday >in
> connection with what is alleged to be one of the largest copyright
> infringement cases in Australia involving potential losses across
> the >music industry in excess of $60 million.
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> I cant find the back of my envelope at the moment.
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> But my initial analysis is:
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> $60m - my arse!

Apparently they had around 7 million visitors, which is just under $10 a
visitor, so not too unbelievable. What's weird is the reason they were doing
it - I've been told they were trying to flog compilation CDs (of pirated
tracks) and were promoting these products using the free music downloads. Of
the same songs? It doesn't make much sense. I'm wondering how much money
they were making, since they invested a significant sum in setting up the
computer networks.

James