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The study states that it is much more typical for a pirate to download an illegal copy of a movie to try it before purchasing. Hard to believe this is true at
by trotsky 15y ago
The study states that it is much more typical for a pirate to download an illegal copy of a movie to try it before purchasing.
Hard to believe this is true at all based on my own personal experiences. I'm not saying it doesn't happen, but better than 50/50? Sounds like something you'd get asking people about behavior they're embarrassed by. Imagine a poll "Are you a good person" and "Study proves 100% of people are good!"
It's kind of a moot point anyway since we're asked to believe "proof" that will never be supplied for review.
- kenjackson 15y agoI find it hard to believe to. How was the study done? If you ask me, and if I'm a pirate, I say that I download illegal to try. But my actions may not reflect that reality. They really need data based on behavior, not surveys (I don't know if they used a survey, but not sure how'd they do it otherwise).
- qw 15y agoThey probably asked them how many dvds they had purchased in the last month. It should at least give an indication of their purchases.
- arctangent 15y agoThe quote seems to be missing the ending, i.e. "much more typical for X to do Y than some_other_thing_or_some_other_person". And I agree wholeheartedly with your final sentence.