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> This will not result in less piracy, pirates spend more money on music than non-pirates, and frequently-pirated music makes more money than less-pirated music
by michaelfairley 16y ago
> This will not result in less piracy, pirates spend more money on music than non-pirates, and frequently-pirated music makes more money than less-pirated music.
B and C do not follow from A. Even though pirates spend more money than non-pirates, who's to say they wouldn't spend even more if they couldn't pirate. And, frequently pirated music makes money than less-pirated music because music that is popular is more likely to be pirated.
- baddox 16y agoFirstly, I didn't mean that A logically implies B and C. I meant them as three separate statements. How is it possible that they couldn't pirate? Unless the world governments plan on actually filtering the entire internet clean of piracy, then all they'll be doing is criminalizing piracy, which is already the case most places.