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But of a dodgy source. Anyway, Microsoft word and photoshop are only standard because people pirated them.
by garbagecoder 5y ago
But 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-...