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> "small creators getting destroyed", "piracy doesn't have any dent on so called big producers" Quite the opposite, one of the very few scientific articles on
by franciscop 5y ago
> "small creators getting destroyed", "piracy doesn't have any dent on so called big producers"
Quite the opposite, one of the very few scientific articles on the topic piracy has been found to help small-mid level artists (but hurt big artists), explanation here:
https://torrentfreak.com/piracy-can-help-music-sales-of-many-artists-research-shows-180128/ https://torrentfreak.com/piracy-can-help-music-sales-of-many...
For instance and as said in the article artists like Ed Sheeran became popular thanks to piracy among college students.
- garbagecoder 5y agoBut of a dodgy source. Anyway, Microsoft word and photoshop are only standard because people pirated them.
- franciscop 5y agoWhat dodgy source? The torrentfreak article is just a rehash of the peer reviewed one, not the source. The European Commission ordered a study on piracy, and not liking the conclusion hid its results for two years. It was only discovered when a part that did show that some piracy hurts sales was quoted, allowing people to dig into the full report and finding that piracy helped games, was neutral on books and music, and was bad for movies: https://www.newsweek.com/secret-piracy-study-european-union-669436 https://www.newsweek.com/secret-piracy-study-european-union-...