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Originally Posted by frahse
As for surviving piracy, and your music industry example, well yes the music industry did survive but you might have noticed a post in the last 2 days that said that the current music sales was about 50% of what it was 10 years ago, and that despite Beyonce and lady Gaga! Hard to believe.
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Not the least. Have you tried listening to what those two produce these days? I certainly wouldn't pay for that garbage.
Piracy hurts sales only if you assume that every music pirate would have purchased the music in question if piracy was not an option, and that's just not true. The vast majority of pirates of music, movies, and/or ebooks, never buy anything that they can just as easily get for free. And DRM never stops them from getting what they want.
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Originally Posted by Catlady
I can loan a paper book to dozens of friends. When I'm done with it, I can donate it or resell it. I am not restricted in what I do with my own property.
It's not just about copying--though I could certainly do that with a paper book--it's about using the material as I see fit.
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Exactly!
