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This is going to not be popular, but piracy has effect on sales. Ignore the US market for a bit, I know market in India for example has a real effect. In India
by throwy1 5y ago
This is going to not be popular, but piracy has effect on sales. Ignore the US market for a bit, I know market in India for example has a real effect. In India piracy was rampant and it was leading to loss in sales. At one point folks used pirate movies, make them into CDs and sell them for 80 rupees each. This used to happen immediately after a movie was released. This was so widespread that these CDs were available everywhere and everyone with a CD burner would do and sell. The movie studios then adopted streaming immediately and now most movies are available very quickly after a release and so ease of availability at a higher quality made buying CDs a moot point, even for folks low on cash. It feels to me that the whole concept of DRM and freedom is mostly done from a US point of view where a dollar is nothing and people don't even pick up a dime or a quarter they find on the road.
- freedomben 5y agoI've never been to India, but I bought a decent number of pirated CDs and DVDs from people (including Indians) when I lived in Doha, Qatar in the mid 00s. They were cheap, but extremely unreliable in quality. Many of the discs simply didn't work, and of those that did, there was a good chance you were getting a "camcorder in the theatre" version complete with terrible picture, sound and people coughing. I did the math at one point and I spent more on piracy than if I'd just bought legit copies over the internet.