Internet Robin Hoods

[AlecWest]

In an earlier post, I wrote:

My only bugaboo with the article (and other articles exactly like it) is how software companies quantify their losses ... millions of dollars (or billions and billions to Carl Sagan fans, hehe).

Up to that point, I'd only heard the "millions" word being trumpeted and was just joking about the "billions" notion. But today, the entertainment industry resorted to the "billions" word in the Supreme Court (scroll down to the Hollywood's losses heading in this article):

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/11264969.htm

FWIW, they don't appear to be convincing the judges that their entire argument is valid. Part of it, yes, but not the whole diatribe.

[EvilWizardGlick]

So now lossess are quantifiable?
Not "Estimated" or Projected", but definitely BILLIONS.
Get the waders because the shit is hip deep and rising.