The National Legal & Policy Center today posted a list of the Top 50 movies and television programs that are widely available through Google Video and YouTube, in efforts to call attention to The Big G’s lack of attention to copyright protection.

Their intent is to “expose the pirating of copyrighted material by finding and posting as many apparently pirated works as possible.”

In case anyone thought they were bluffing, they were kind enough to post a PDF with screenshots.

I am a staunch advocate for the protection of copyrights. And I’m sure that we’ll find a technologically sound and financially beneficial solution to distributing media in a digital environment.

But I would like to know, however, why they put Miami Vice at #6 when its only been viewed 663 times. Yes, I see that the chart is ordered by “Days Posted.” But 663 times over 276 days is roughly 2.5 views per day. Jesus Camp with its whopping 48 views? Bewitched with 242 views over 207 days? 1.1 view a day. It seems a stretch to say that piracy is a $2.3 billion loss for the movie industry when Miami Vice makes your Top 10 list. To be clear, I’m not supporting piracy in any way shape or form. Just pointing out a minor flaw in the way they are presenting their evidence.

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