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> Every illegal download reduces the size of the legal purchase marketplace. Source? Why wouldn't it be possible for every illegal download to increase the siz
by eterps 6y ago
> Every illegal download reduces the size of the legal purchase marketplace.
Source? Why wouldn't it be possible for every illegal download to increase the size of the legal purchase marketplace? Or to have it effectively stay the same for that matter?
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- pbhjpbhj 6y agoInterestingly, there's a post on HN today about how someone made their copyright work (a book) free-gratis and sold more copies.
- iamnothere 6y agoThe effects are complicated and hard to measure, but in the Napster era some bands did find that piracy helped their sales. For small bands it definitely can help with promotion. Then there were megabands like Radiohead that put out free albums and cashed in on the publicity via ticket and merch sales. The back catalog stuff (Rolling Stones etc) probably suffers although IMHO the copyright on this stuff should be much shorter anyway.