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Sometimes, news reports end up being merely propaganda for anti-piracy efforts. Sometimes, these efforts spread blatantly false information - we look at one of the latest efforts out of Australia. There's a difference (some say social, others say financial and a few say there's no difference at all) between burning and selling DVD's of movies and downloading on BitTorrent for free. In recently published "report", people downloading content online is being likened to biker gangs involved in things like drug dealing. The report blurs the lines between downloading and physical piracy and quotes anti-piracy operations located in Australia.