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"The Pirate Bay, which grew into an international phenomenon after it was founded in Sweden in 2003, allows users to dodge copyright fees and share music, film

"The Pirate Bay, which grew into an international phenomenon after it was founded in Sweden in 2003, allows users to dodge copyright fees and share music, film and other files using bit torrent technology, or peer-to-peer links offered on the site – resulting in huge losses for music and movie makers." I have seen no credible evidence that file-sharing causes losses to music and movie makers. In any independent studies I've seen it in inconclusive and some of them suggest that file-sharing actually boosts sales by providing a fremium model / free advertising / word of mouth transmission etc. Also many other things are shared via the pirate bay other than copyrighted films and whatnot.

themartorana 11y ago
Yeah that's either biased or just plain lazy reporting. Edit: when something is general knowledge it doesn't require citations over and over again, because nothing has changed for over a decade. But fine. https://www.unc.edu/~cigar/papers/FileSharing_March2004.pdf https://www.unc.edu/~cigar/papers/FileSharing_March2004.pdf ftp://ftp.jrc.es/pub/EURdoc/JRC79605.pdf http://www.digitaltrends.com/music/bittorrent-piracy-increases-sales-of-leaked-albums-study/ http://www.digitaltrends.com/music/bittorrent-piracy-increas... https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/documents/2006_10-05_Oberholzer-Gee.pdf https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/documents/2... Let me know how many more you need instead of just down voting me.
- unepipe 11y ago
  He said, with no citations.
- such_a_casual 11y ago
  https://www.ted.com/talks/rob_reid_the_8_billion_ipod?language=en https://www.ted.com/talks/rob_reid_the_8_billion_ipod?langua...
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quisquous 11y ago
Many (powerful) people value control more than they value (more) money.
- everyone 11y ago
  Has anyone noticed recently how Russia is clamping down on file-sharing and such? Often in very extreme draconian ways. I was wondering why does the Russian government give a shit about copyright infringement, most of the content being infringed upon is not made in Russia, so in a way infringement means less imports for them. I'm not usually a conspiracy nut but I genuinely think they are using piracy as a scapegoat so they can just clamp down in general and establish a more totalitarian regieme. They are also clamping down on gay people, feminists etc. That + keep their American buddies happy I guess.
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themartorana 11y ago

Yeah that's either biased or just plain lazy reporting. Edit: when something is general knowledge it doesn't require citations over and over again, because nothing has changed for over a decade. But fine. https://www.unc.edu/~cigar/papers/FileSharing_March2004.pdf https://www.unc.edu/~cigar/papers/FileSharing_March2004.pdf ftp://ftp.jrc.es/pub/EURdoc/JRC79605.pdf http://www.digitaltrends.com/music/bittorrent-piracy-increases-sales-of-leaked-albums-study/ http://www.digitaltrends.com/music/bittorrent-piracy-increas... https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/documents/2006_10-05_Oberholzer-Gee.pdf https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/documents/2... Let me know how many more you need instead of just down voting me.

unepipe 11y ago
He said, with no citations.
such_a_casual 11y ago
https://www.ted.com/talks/rob_reid_the_8_billion_ipod?language=en https://www.ted.com/talks/rob_reid_the_8_billion_ipod?langua...
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quisquous 11y ago

Many (powerful) people value control more than they value (more) money.

everyone 11y ago
Has anyone noticed recently how Russia is clamping down on file-sharing and such? Often in very extreme draconian ways. I was wondering why does the Russian government give a shit about copyright infringement, most of the content being infringed upon is not made in Russia, so in a way infringement means less imports for them. I'm not usually a conspiracy nut but I genuinely think they are using piracy as a scapegoat so they can just clamp down in general and establish a more totalitarian regieme. They are also clamping down on gay people, feminists etc. That + keep their American buddies happy I guess.

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