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Originally Posted by mr ploppy
Before unauthorised downloading became a mainstream activity (thanks mostly to the constant advertising of it in the press releases put out by the entertainment corporations that got picked up by the news), "casual pirates" would buy their downloads on CDR / DVDR at flea markets and the like.
When they started downloading their own for "free" that gave them more disposable income, and some of that might have been spent on other entertainment. Now that unauthorised downloading has moved back underground they will go back to buying CDR / DVDR from the people who used to sell them before.
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and will thusly move back into true piracy in which counterfeiters are financially rewarded with cash money instead of just receiving a 'thanks' on a message board.
its a vicious cycle that will never end.