The Conference Board of Canada issued a report this week on Intellectual Property issues in Canada. But in a ironic twist it turns out the report was mostly plagiarized from a report by the International Intellectual Property Alliance. Oops. After initially standing behind the report, they later recalled it because it “did not follow the high quality research standards of The Conference Board of Canada.” (italics mine) Probably because it’s not actually research at all, but why quibble over details?
And to add insult to injury, the Business Software Alliance (the guys who produce those scary anti-piracy ads that no one pays attention to) admitted that its Canadian software piracy numbers were “estimates”, and no actual surveys had been done.
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