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Originally Posted by Alexander Turcic
Funny, I don't recall seeing any such surveys when people still pirated music by making analog tape copies. I mean, did anyone complain back then? When I was in high school, many years ago even before the CD was invented, I remember we ALL made copies of music and audio books from each other. Nobody called anyone a pirate or criminal then. What changed?
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I remember the record companies being very vocal in their opposition to dual-deck cassette recorders. And the movie business hated home video recorders.
The big media companies have been complaining about piracy for decades. Despite there not being much evidence that it has affected their bottom line, they've managed to get a number of draconian laws passed, which may be why we're hearing a bit more about it in the news nowadays.