While the Motion Picture Association of America was eager to point the finger at college students across the nation for causing billions of dollars in damage due to illegal downloading via peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing, it turns out the MPAA did not double check its homework.

A 2005 study conducted by L.E.K., a consulting firm hired by the MPAA, claimed that 44 percent of the movie industry’s domestic losses were attributable to illegal downloads by college-age individuals.