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I thought it was news because every time someone posts about The Pirate Bay, etc, and someone says, "Piracy increases sales of most media," someone always comes
by quoderat 17y ago
I thought it was news because every time someone posts about The Pirate Bay, etc, and someone says, "Piracy increases sales of most media," someone always comes back (it happened with the last major TPB thread on HN) with, "But no study has ever shown that!"
Even though there are quite a few of them, and this recent one.
- jimbokun 17y agoI didn't say "But no study has ever shown that!" but did ask "Has any study ever shown that? I would like to know the answer (and am too lazy to Google it)." I appreciate you posting this to Hacker News, answering the question (even if not specifically for my benefit). Thanks!
- quoderat 17y agoSorry for the exaggeration, but it wasn't just aimed at your comment. The idea that piracy can in many circumstances increases sales is opposed religiously by some (and not just those in the content industry), so those type of comments pop up over and over again that I was parodying. Wasn't trying to single you out. :-) I want to know the real evidence and answers as well, at least to the best ability we humans have to gather them.
- trickjarrett 17y agoSorry, I wasn't commenting to say your post wasn't HN material it is. More of a commentary on the repeated findings and studies that come and say the same thing.
- tvon 17y agoSo far as I can tell, this study shows that freely available music increases sales. There is no indication that piracy increases sales. I have yet to see a study that takes "freely available" vs "pirated" into account, and that takes into account that there is a certain barrier to buying music online and p2p-ers have already overcome that barrier. Until such a study is made, I don't see how we can really say anything has been proven. (edited for tone, I was being a bit argumentative)