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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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They could have used the money wasted on trying to stop piracy.
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Originally Posted by spellbanisher
If piracy was the predominant reason for music sales, then any reduction in casual piracy should reduce the decline in sales.
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No, it's the oposite way. If piracy leads to sales, reducing piracy reduces sales. Which is what happened.
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Originally Posted by HansTWN
I can't agree with you here. The guy who is selling bootleg DVD's off the back of his truck for a buck a piece is a "true pirate", but a big website like The Pirate Bay which probably collects 100,000s of dollars in monthly ad revenue by providing an exchange for the warez is not?
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You can also blame the companies that advertize on pirate sites, and the companies that manufacture the hardware that stores the pirated content.