[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by CyGuy

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/n...bal-future.ars

As for the music industry comment, did you read this article?

Yes, he did, which is why he's now using the 10%-50% range for losses to the Music Industry Income. IMO, the actual losses are much more likely to be towards the 10% end than the 50% end of the range.

"But a later 2010 meta-study by the same authors concluded that piracy did, in fact, account for a bit of the decline in music sales—around 20 percent."

Note that's 20% of the decline, for which 50% is probably an over estimate, so the estimated loss in revenue is 10%.