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Given the finding that piracy demonstrably affects foreign returns, and that the researchers found no correlation to domestic returns, I think the article headl
by cynicalkane 15y ago
Given the finding that piracy demonstrably affects foreign returns, and that the researchers found no correlation to domestic returns, I think the article headline and interpretation is inaccurate. Not finding evidence is not the same as finding there's no effect, particularly when you've just found evidence of a related effect.
- mitchellhislop 15y agoI think part of the reason for the title is that the study suggests that piracy is a symptom, not a cause. They are saying if the studios were releasing worldwide at the same time, that piracy would be largely nullified (at least my read of it)