In a recent press release RIAA claimed that a piracy bust resulted in the confiscation of "the equivalent of 421 CD-R burners". According to The Register RIAA's "equivalent" only means 156 real burners. Thanks to msissons for using our newssubmit to tell us about the story:
"There were only 156 actual burners, but some run at very high speeds: some as high as 40x. This is well above the average speed," was the official line yesterday. |
Apparently another example of the Association's difficulty grappling with new technology. After the RIAA's website was hacked, with large sections rendered inaccessible, spokespersons explained the difficulties were due to a sudden upsurge in popularity.
If RIAA had based the number on my old 2x burner it would have been the equivalent of 2000-3000 CD-R burners...
Source: The Register
