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It could be less than 0, as a pirated CD can be seen as a form of advertising, and could potentially gain customers who would not have discovered you without it
by weavejester 18y ago
It could be less than 0, as a pirated CD can be seen as a form of advertising, and could potentially gain customers who would not have discovered you without it. I'm not saying this is always the case, but it's a possibility that makes it even more difficult to calculate the economic harm of piracy.
- mattmaroon 18y agoIt seems unlikely it's negative in terms of CD sales. The amount of people who pirate a CD and then buy has to be pretty close to 0.
- weavejester 18y agoWell, a commercial soundtrack on a catchy flash animation is also copyright infringement unless royalties were paid, but there have been a couple of times when this has lead me to investigate a particular artist.