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Originally Posted by OtterBooks
Looks like everyone is looking for evidence to support their (often pre-existing) opinion, and lo and behold, everyone is finding it.
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Most of the research that has been carried out on piracy has been funded by one or more branch of the entertainment industry. There hasn't been much in the way of independent research, but it came as no surprise to me to find that what little independent research there was completely contradicted the findings of the entertainment industry funded research.
That research has been completely ignored by the mainstream news media, who still regularly trot out the "$6billion in lost income every second" idea as if it would even be possible for that much extra money to be floating around the economy.