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Originally Posted by Quexos
That has been proven wrong with the music industry. Of all, the hardest hit by piracy if I'm not mistaken. Well it seems there has never been so much music and bands and concerts . . .
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You really think more people are listening to live music than in the big band era? It was common back then for people to go dancing to live music at least weekly.
In classical music, at least, there is less and less recording, and orchestras are hurting. There may be cultural reasons why some kind of music is healthier than others at any given time. But, overall, music revenue, in the internet era, is way down.
Also heavily hit by the availability of free electronic content are newspapers. Newspapers may be a better indication of where publishing is going than music, because they both involve reading.
It's true that news gathering organizations are giving away their content, rather than having it involuntarily taken from them without payment.
It's also true that giving away your possessions has the same economic effect as someone taking them against your will. I still call the latter stealing.
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Originally Posted by Belfaborac
A 2009 study funded by Virgin Media again found that pirates buy more music than non-pirates . . .
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I think it quite possible, even probable, that the average dollar store shoplifter spends more money on legitimate dollar store purchases than the average person.
And I think it quite possible, even probable, that jewel thieves spend more money on legitimate jewelry store purchases than the average person.
All this shows is that thieves buy stuff they are interested in, and aren't thieves all the time. It has nothing to do with whether or not they are thieves. If they weren't thieves, they would, on average, buy more.
No one is perfect. Most people may have been thieves at some point in their lives. But it's wrong, and we should discourage it.