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It has been proven time and time again that "pirates" buy more of that product than everyone else.
by nextparadigms 14y ago
It has been proven time and time again that "pirates" buy more of that product than everyone else.
- tptacek 14y agoCould you cite some primary sources?
- sp332 14y agoFormer Google CIO Douglas Merril https://torrentfreak.com/former-google-cio-limewire-pirates-were-itunes-best-customers-110726/ https://torrentfreak.com/former-google-cio-limewire-pirates-... edit: more direct link http://www.cnet.com.au/will-former-google-exec-help-save-the-music-industry-339287896.htm http://www.cnet.com.au/will-former-google-exec-help-save-the... HADOPI, a French antipiracy organization http://piracy.ssrc.org/hadopi-says-lets-try-cutting-off-nose-to-spite-face/ http://piracy.ssrc.org/hadopi-says-lets-try-cutting-off-nose... Music industry lobby group IFPI https://torrentfreak.com/pirates-are-the-music-industrys-most-valuable-customers-100122/ https://torrentfreak.com/pirates-are-the-music-industrys-mos... And apparently the Association for Consumer Research in Germany, but the report will never be published. http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.heise.de%2Ftp%2Fblogs%2F6%2F150152 http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&tl... eta: a study done in Canada http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/2347/125/ http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/2347/125/ and more analysis of the same https://www.theglobeandmail.com/blogs/article794638.ece https://www.theglobeandmail.com/blogs/article794638.ece