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So what? Let them be destroyed. I'd rather sacrifice some jobs than watch gigantic media conglomerates take over the computing industry and destroy our computi
by weare138 6y ago
So what? Let them be destroyed.
I'd rather sacrifice some jobs than watch gigantic media conglomerates take over the computing industry and destroy our computing freedom with their DRM.
Honestly I've never come across a study that says piracy even has a significant impact on the media industry, in fact some studies found the opposite. People that like something they pirated, which is not many people really, will usually go buy it.
- wittyreference 6y agoI find those studies to be ... I'm not sure what the word is. Laboratory artifacts? When a small portion of super-enthused users are doing the bulk of the pirating, piracy is going to manifest different effects than if it's massively widespread with a minimum barrier to entry. It's not uncommon for there to eventually be a post in one of these threads to the effect of "there shouldn't be IP at all." I imagine as you move along the spectrum from the current state of torrenting, towards "no IP at all," the effects of piracy on media purchases are going to veer further and further from what current studies show.
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