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Originally Posted by spellbanisher
Europes economy is receding back into recession. It should be no surprise that a recession followed by stagnation followed by another recession is eventually leading to a decline in media sales.
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Agreed, but it is a most interesting datum. One wonders, how much causal infringment acted as advertising? Ther is acnedontal evidence from a few authors (Eric Flint, for example) that "piracy" of their works acted as cheap advertising...
The longer term trend will be even more interesting....