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Originally Posted by mr ploppy
I'll believe that when the executives of entertainment corporations stop paying themselves massive salaries.
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i've posted this before but it bears repeating
"Movie executives see record profits, salaries despite piracy fear-mongering"
"Although a recent National Crime Prevention Council ad campaign tries to make the point that piracy kills jobs, the CRS found that total gross revenues and box office receipts have doubled in the last 15 years. Grosses went from $52.8 billion in 1995 to $104.4 billion in 2009, while box office receipts went from $5.3 billion in 1995 to $10.6 billion in 2010 — yet hiring still went down.
One thing that has gone up, higher than ever, is executive pay. The CRS report noted that News Corporation paid CEO Rupert Murdoch $33,292,753 in 2011; Viacom gave CEO Philippe Dauman made $84,515,308; Time Warner CEO Jeffrey Bewkes took home $26,303,071; while Disney CEO Robert A. Lger earned $29,617,964. Sony CEO Howard Stringer was at the bottom of the bunch at $4.3 million, having taken a 14 percent pay cut due to losses."
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/12/1...ear-mongering/
then theres this-
Study: pirates biggest music buyers. Labels: yeah, right
"Those who download illegal copies of music over P2P networks are the biggest consumers of legal music options, according to a new study by the BI Norwegian School of Management. Researchers examined the music downloading habits of more than 1,900 Internet users over the age of 15, and found that illegal music connoisseurs are significantly more likely to purchase music than the average, non-P2P-loving user.
Unsurprisingly, BI found that those between 15 and 20 are more likely to buy music via paid download than on a physical CD, though most still purchased at least one CD in the last six months. However, when it comes to P2P, it seems that those who wave the pirate flag are the most click-happy on services like the iTunes Store and Amazon MP3. BI said that those who said they download illegal music for "free" bought ten times as much legal music as those who never download music illegally. "The most surprising is that the proportion of paid download is so high," the Google-translated Audun Molde from the Norwegian School of Management told Aftenposten."
http://arstechnica.com/media/news/20...rage-folks.ars
so if you follow it out, pirates contribute more to the massive industry profits than legitimate customers. said massive profits raised by pirates are used to give the CEOs massive bonuses who, instead of hiring new employees, blame pirates for their refusal to hire instead of their own monumental greed.
its a bit convoluted but it should be clear who is at fault for these phantom lost jobs. its not the pirates.