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Originally Posted by Falcao
Any source to back that number?
All these tools trying to stop piracy without providing a better service than pirates, reminded me of the old story about King Canute trying to command the sea.
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I couldn't agree more; although what you say may be revalatory to some, even the exec from EMI I quoted and Gabe Newell from Valve software have realized it's a service issue rather than an issue of people just wanting something for nothing. The fact is, pirates have managed to embrace technology while large media companies have either resisted it or been glacially slow to do mimic the pirates.
Might as well realize that the pirates are going to continue to be an issue and adapt business to beat them.
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Since examples always help, here's an easy one: The Harry Potter book series. It's the most pirated ebook in existence. Why? Probably because (i) it's hugely popular; and (ii) a legit ebook version doesn't exist.
You can say "well, that's the copyright holder's choice and we need to respect that." which is true, but is also quite irrelevant. What is relevant is that pirates have created very professional versions of each of the books in any format you might like and made those available globally.
Books like Harry Potter are wants, not needs (obviously), the whole industry is based on wants. Maybe media companies shouldn't complain when they successfully create a want in people and then don't provide a means for someone to give them their money.