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Originally Posted by Alan
Piracy does indeed hurt the music industry a lot. Revenue decreased dramatically while consumption still increases.
Alan
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Ah! Thank you for writing it down so bluntly. That makes it so much easier to debunk.
As has been pointed out in prior posts in the discussion, the proof that "pirating" hurts sales has never been made anywhere (except in papers that have been ordered and paid to conform to the industry's fantasy in such obvious a manner that they're not worth mentioning any further).
On the contrary, studies and empirical evidences tend to show that not only it doesn't hurt sales, it actually helps them in the long run - and that's valid both for famous singers/band and relatively unknown people.
As far as I know, no such studies have been made about the p-book/ebook market, but again there are empirical observations that show a similar trend (see the Baen case, or authors such as Doctorow).