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Originally Posted by nekokami
Does it matter how many copies could theoretically be illegally distributed of an electronic title if sales go up overall?
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You are right of course. But look how it went on the music market. Sure, music companies ignored the wishes of their customers for legitimate download opportunities long enough. But of course there was an alternative. Everybody could have bought an actual CD, ripped it (though in many European countries this is illegal if the CD is copy-protected) and transferred the music to their MP3 players. That was and still is a (half) legal way to get music for your MP3 player. But what did most people (yes, also me) do? We used P2P networks to get the music free.
Now the music industry goes around an begin to sue people for up- and sometimes even downloading music from P2P networks. Suddenly it becomes more and more dangerous do get music through those channels. And now sales on legitimate sites are going up constantly. People switch to legal ways. This is partly because of the danger to get sued and partly because even DRM music is easy to use these days (iTunes).
Alan