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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
Lack of hard data is not conclusive of anything.
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That is correct so far. But lack of hard data can never be a reason for e.g. filtering or restricting peoples rights
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What do you think is going on on the Darknet? All those copywritten documents are being posted there, and absolutely no one is downloading them?
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They are downloaded - quite often. I just dont believe that it leads to a (significant or otherwise) loss of sale.
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Is lack of hard data a good reason to turn a blind eye to a potential loss to a person's income... to the extent that you're not even interested in investigating the possibility? Or is it just not important because it's not happening to you personally?
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I am investigating the possibilities - otherwise I would discuss here. I simply came to another conclusion.
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I assume it is a possibility... because no one has given me a good reason to assume that all those Darknetted files aren't being downloaded. I think it's important to find out... because only when we know the extent of a problem can we either take steps to deal with it, or ignore it, as appropriate. And I think it's worth our time, even if it does not affect us directly... because it's only fair to those whom it does affect.
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As I said - they get downloaded, but they otherwise wouldnt have been bought in most cases and they get you (or whoever) some advertising for free.
I accept that this is mostly a good thing for people who are already big - but there were some (IMO good) proposals what not-that-big authors could do to increase the public interest using those new techniques. Creative common licensing, P2P, etc