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Originally Posted by HarryT
That article says that 4% of people pirating music are deterred by it. You say that 7 million households are pirating stuff in the UK, so 4% of that is 280,000 people. Don't you think that preventing 280,000 people from breaking the law is a worthwhile aim?
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That would depend on how many of those 280,000 are the type that spend 4 times as much on legitimate content as non-downloaders. Any reduction in that type of downloader would have a negative impact on entertainment industry profits. Any reduction in the file collector type of downloader won't make any difference to profits either way, they will just collect something else instead.
The only people who would make any difference are the ones who are currently downloading as an alternative to paying for things, but those people are the most likely to just move underground and carry on as normal behind a VPN. The cost of the VPN will be much lower than what they would otherwise have to spend.
Are there any figures for French entertainment industry profits post-Hadopi? I would guess they have either stayed the same or reduced slightly.