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Old 01-26-2012, 10:25 PM   #88
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Originally Posted by MovieBird View Post
Piracy, in this context, does not deprive anyone of a physical thing. It is argued that it deprives content creators of 'possible' income. However, no creditable study has borne this out, let alone come close to a rigorous estimate of true cost.

Until we can identify what the exact costs of current behavior are, we cannot evaluate the costs inherent in new laws/forced behaviors. However, the costs of proposed legislation like SOPA holds a cost that is too high for even the ridiculously inflated estimates of lost revenue by media giants.
I concur. I tend to be the guy who waits until DVDs and books are in the used book stores before I buy. To some people, the fact that I generally refuse to buy in the primary market makes me no better than a software pirate. These people, generally textbook companies, claim that by buying mostly used books, I'm stealing from the author and publisher.

Never mind the fact that a lot of the books I really enjoy are out of print, and available nowhere else but the used book stores.
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