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They don't even "lose a small amount of money." They simply gain less money than usual for a short period of time. Think of how rough that is for them.
by ryandrake 7mo ago
They don't even "lose a small amount of money." They simply gain less money than usual for a short period of time. Think of how rough that is for them.
- necovek 7mo agoI think it's even that they "gain less money than they could if everyone watching illegally would pay for it when they could not watch illegally" (that's usually how companies crying "piracy" calculate "losses" — "let's assume everyone watching illegally would certainly still watch it and pay the full price").
- joquarky 7mo agoI once remember reading an article about shareholders selling off a stock because the rate of increase in profit had slowed.
- fireant 7mo agoThere is nothing wrong with that. Stock price is based on perceived future value , not current company profits.
- array_key_first 7mo agoArguably they even gain more money in the long run, because more people have access to their entertainment and they have more opportunities to form life long connections with consumers.
- shiroiuma 7mo agoThis isn't quite right either. It's "they gain less money than they might potentially gain if piracy weren't physically possible". If the piracy avenues didn't exist, how many people would actually pay full price to the legitimate sources, and how many people would simply go without?